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  • Title: Applicability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee in Forensic Age Estimation.
    Author: Uygun B, Kaya K, Köse S, Ekizoğlu O, Hilal A.
    Journal: Am J Forensic Med Pathol; 2021 Jun 01; 42(2):147-154. PubMed ID: 33148968.
    Abstract:
    Age estimation in forensic medicine practice is of particular importance to the legal systems, and it is one of the current research topics in forensic medicine. Age determination is most frequently performed by radiological methods, but recently, nonionized methods are preferred for nonmedical indications. Therefore, we aimed to examine feasibility of MRI imaging, which provides nonionized, noninvasive, and detailed images, in forensic age estimation and to expand the database on this subject. The MRI images of the patients between the ages of 10 and 25 years, who visited Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine between January 2012 and April 2018 for any reason, were retrospectively analyzed according to the staging method described by Dedouit et al. The stage 5 ossification in distal femoral epiphysis indicated an age over 18 years in both sexes (except for 2 cases of 14 and 15 years). The stage 5 ossification in proximal tibial epiphysis indicated an age older than 18 years (except for 1 male case at the age of 15 years and 2 female cases at the age of 14 and 17 years, respectively). It was determined that stage 1 and stage 2 in both distal femur and proximal tibial epiphysis were last seen in younger than 18 years in both sexes. Our study data show that MRI imaging is a nonionized method that can be used in addition to other radiological methods in determining the age limit of 18 years.
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