What automated age estimation of hand and wrist MRI data tells us about skeletal maturation in male adolescents.

Journal: Annals of human biology
Published Date: Aug 27, 2015

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Age estimation of individuals is important in human biology and has various medical and forensic applications. Recent interest in MR-based methods aims to investigate alternatives for established methods involving ionising radiation. Automatic, software-based methods additionally promise improved estimation objectivity.

Authors

  • Martin Urschler
    a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging , Graz , Austria .
  • Sabine Grassegger
    a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging , Graz , Austria .
  • Darko Štern
    b Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, BioTechMed , Graz , Austria , and.

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