Age estimation by assessing the vertebral osteophytes with the aid of 3D CT imaging

Kaçar, Emre; Ünlü, Ebru; Beker‐Acay, Mehtap; Balçık, Çınar; Gültekin, Mehmet; Koçak, Uğur; Eroğlu, Selma; Yücel, Aylin

doi:10.1080/00450618.2016.1167241

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“…Many of the previous studies (Kacar et al, 2016;Smith, 2010;Snodgrass, 2004) tested the role of osteophyte formation in age estimation, while only few studies (Mavrych et al, 2014;Ruhli et al, 2005) that excluded these degenerative changes.…”

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“…On the other hand, many researchers (Jankauskas, 1994;Kacar et al, 2016;Siemionow et al, 2011;Snodgrass, 2004;Watanabe and Terazawa, 2006) revealed significant statistical correlation for age and many measurements of different vertebrae. These correlations were due to the effect of vertebral degenerative changes, which is different from this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to sexually dimorphic characteristics, Morphological changes of the vertebrae in the form of marginal bony lipping or osteophytes formation, have great role in understanding ageing patterns (Kacar et al, 2016;Snodgrass, 2004). However, moderate to severe degenerative changes begin around age of 50; as lumbar vertebrae still exhibit striations between ages between 24 and 49 years, and may show only mild lipping or macroporosity, while Vertebrae older than 50 years usually show absence of striations on the vertebral body, moderate to excessive vertebral degeneration, as osteophytes, lipping, and macro-porosity (Smith, 2010).…”

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Identification of sex and age for Egyptians using computed tomography of the first lumbar vertebra

Ramadan

El-Salam

Hanon

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Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: Identification of bony remains and other decomposed parts of human is of great importance not only for legal but also for humanitarian reasons. However, in certain instances due to burial factors or in cases of explosion disasters, many of large bones may be destroyed or incomplete. For age and sex identification, vertebrae aren't well studied; however, many vertebrae showed high accuracy rates for sex identification. Methodology: One hundred and twenty-three Egyptian patients were included in the current study; 62 were females and 61 were males (age from 10 to 64 years). Abdominal Computer tomography (CT) scans were done for those patients in the Department of Radiology in kasralainy faculty of medicine, Cairo University after they gave informed consent. Fifteen linear measurements were taken for the first lumbar vertebra (L1) to assess age and sex. Results: Male patients showed larger mean values most of measurements of the first lumbar vertebra than females and sex was determined at accuracy rate of 84.6%. Moreover, significant correlation was found for age and majority of measurements; but unfortunately it was weak correlation. Conclusion: Sex can be estimated from first lumbar vertebrae with reasonable levels of accuracy in legal and humanitarian situations when skeletal remains are incomplete. However, it seems that vertebral measurements of lumbar vertebra aren't useful indicator for age estimation with further studies needed on larger samples and on different age groups.

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Identification of sex and age for Egyptians using computed tomography of the first lumbar vertebra

Ramadan

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Hanon

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Egypt J Forensic Sci

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“…Different researchers [8,14,[24][25][26] proved that there was a significant correlation between age and some vertebral measurements due to degenerative changes of the vertebrae; All these studies conducted on real bone vertebrae.…”

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“…In addition, morphological changes of the vertebrae have been shown to be useful in understanding ageing patterns [8].…”

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Age and Sex Identification Using Multi-slice Computed Tomography of the Last Thoracic Vertebrae of an Egyptian Sample

Ramadan¹,

Mh²,

Af³

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J Forensic Res

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Introduction: Accurate sex estimation plays a very important role in determining the identity of unknown individuals. Age determination also has become increasingly important in forensic science for both living and remains. Vertebrae are one of the least studied bones for age and sex identification; however, its presence at a death scene is the most common of all. The 12 th thoracic vertebra (T12) is easily identifiable in a disarticulated skeleton, due to its unique morphology. Identification depending on radiological techniques is an emerging valuable tool in forensic science field.

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Age estimation by evaluation of osteophytes in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae using postmortem CT images in a modern Japanese population

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Age estimation by assessing the vertebral osteophytes with the aid of 3D CT imaging

Cited by 16 publications

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Identification of sex and age for Egyptians using computed tomography of the first lumbar vertebra

Identification of sex and age for Egyptians using computed tomography of the first lumbar vertebra

Age and Sex Identification Using Multi-slice Computed Tomography of the Last Thoracic Vertebrae of an Egyptian Sample

Age estimation by evaluation of osteophytes in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae using postmortem CT images in a modern Japanese population

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