Open AccessComputed tomography-based age estimation of illiac crests calcification in 10-29 year-old individuals
Author(s) -
Masoome Norouzi,
Mohammad Qasem Hanafi,
Mohammad Momen Gharibvand
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_465_18
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , pelvis , stage (stratigraphy) , computed tomography , retrospective cohort study , radiological weapon , radiology , multidetector computed tomography , ossification , tomography , radiography , calcification , nuclear medicine , surgery , paleontology , biology
Estimating the age of the ossification of the iliac crest may help determine the legal age. For this purpose, both anthropological and radiological methods (conventional radiography, ultrasound, Tomography, and MRI) have been used to study different systems.