Sex estimation of the sternum by automatic image processing of multi-slice computed tomography images in a Croatian population sample: a retrospective study (CROSBI ID 266101)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Bedalov, Ana ; Bašić, Željana ; Marelja, Ivan ; Dolić, Krešimir ; Bukarica, Krešimir ; Missoni, Saša ; Šlaus, Mario ; Primorac, Dragan ; Andjelinović, Šimun ; Kružić, Ivana
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Sex estimation of the sternum by automatic image processing of multi-slice computed tomography images in a Croatian population sample: a retrospective study
Aim To determine the sexual dimorphism of the sternum with standard measurements in a contemporary Croatian population sample using multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) and to compare the data obtained by an automatic with those obtained by a manual approach. Methods Five sternal measurements were obtained from MSCT images of 73 men and 55 women and three sternal indices were calculated. Custom image analysis software was developed for automatic segmentation and calculation of sternal measurements. Measurements of sexual dimorphism were automatically calculated and compared with manual measurements. Results All of the sternal measurements exhibited significant differences between men and women. The discrepancies between manual and automatic measurements ranged from 2.8% to 3.6% of the mean average values obtained with the automatic approach. The most accurate single-variable discriminant function was sternal body length (82.8%), the most accurate index was sternal area (89.1%), and the discriminant function using three variables was manubrium width, sternal body length, and sternal body width (90.6%). Conclusion Sternal measurements are a reliable sex indicator and can be used in forensic casework. Computer-aided measurement methods can accelerate sex estimation and improve its precision and accuracy.
Sternum ; Sex estimation ; MSCT ; Computer-aided measurement
Skup: 11th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropological Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine Mjesto: Split, Hrvatska Datum: 17-22.06.2019.
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Podaci o izdanju
60 (3)
2019.
237-245
objavljeno
0353-9504
1332-8166
10.3325/cmj.2019.60.237
Povezanost rada
Etnologija i antropologija, Fizika, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Temeljne medicinske znanosti