Identification from chest x-rays: reliability of bone density patterns of the humerus.
J Forensic Sci
; 55(2): 478-81, 2010 Mar 01.
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ABSTRACT
A critical review of Kahana and Hiss' study on identification from bone trabecular pattern and a test of their method conducted on the humerus are presented. Bone trabecular pattern was studied through the generation of a numerical file representing the gray scale. Using the correlation coefficient, several pairwise comparisons between numerical files were performed. The test gave nearly 30% of incorrect exclusions (the method did not recognize couples of radiographs belonging to the same subject) and 50% of misidentifications (the method recognized couples of radiographs belonging to different subjects, as belonging to the same subject); therefore, this research shows that at the present time, it is not possible to safely quantify identification through bone density patterns, of the proximal humerus taken from thoracic X-rays. Thus, an "easy"-but dangerous-use of trabecular density patterns on this specific type of radiogram as an identification method should be currently avoided.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiografia Torácica
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Densidade Óssea
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Úmero
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Forensic Sci
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA