Age Estimation by Machine Learning and CT-Multiplanar Reformation of Cranial Sutures in Northern Chinese Han Adults.

Journal: Fa yi xue za zhi
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To establish age estimation models of northern Chinese Han adults using cranial suture images obtained by CT and multiplanar reformation (MPR), and to explore the applicability of cranial suture closure rule in age estimation of northern Chinese Han population.

Authors

  • Xuan Wei
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100050, People's Republic of China.
  • Yu-Shan Chen
    West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
  • Jie Ding
    State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Chang-Xing Song
    Department of Radiology, Beidaihe Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066100, Hebei Province, China.
  • Jun-Jing Wang
    Department of Radiology, Beidaihe Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066100, Hebei Province, China.
  • Zhao Peng
    Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
  • Zhen-Hua Deng
    West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China. dengzhenhua@scu.edu.cn.
  • Xu Yi
    Department of Radiology, Beidaihe Hospital, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066100, People's Republic of China.
  • Fei Fan
    West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.