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A Feasibility Study Tanya Uldin Steffen Ross Lars Oesterhelweg Stephan Bolliger Andreas Christe Pierre Schnyder Patrice Mangin Michael J View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Bern Open Repository and Information System (BORIS) Eur Radiol (2009) 19: 419–429 DOI 10.1007/s00330-008-1155-y FORENSIC MEDICINE Silke Grabherr Estimation of sex and age of “virtual Christine Cooper Susi Ulrich-Bochsler skeletons”–a feasibility study Tanya Uldin Steffen Ross Lars Oesterhelweg Stephan Bolliger Andreas Christe Pierre Schnyder Patrice Mangin Michael J. Thali pubis and the upper halves of the Received: 10 March 2008 C. Cooper . S. Ulrich-Bochsler Revised: 12 June 2008 Institute for the History of Medicine, femora. Bone and soft-tissue recon- Accepted: 3 July 2008 Historical Anthropology, structions were performed in two and Published online: 3 September 2008 University of Bern, three dimensions. The resulting data # European Society of Radiology 2008 Fabrikstrasse 29d, were investigated by three anthropol- 3012 Bern, Switzerland ogists with different professional ex- T. Uldin perience. Sex was determined by Service of Osteo-Archaeology, investigating three-dimensional mod- Klusstrasse 43, els of the skull and pelvis. As a basic 4147 Aesch, Switzerland orientation for the age estimation, the S. Grabherr (*) . P. Mangin A. Christe complex method according to Institute of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Nemeskéri and co-workers was University Hospital of Lausanne, University of Bern, applied. The final estimation was Rue du Bugnon 21, Inselspital, effected using additional parameters 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland 3010 Bern, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] like the state of dentition, degenera- Tel.: +41-21-3147067 tion of the spine, etc., which where Fax: +41-21-3147090 Abstract This article presents a fea- chosen individually by the three ob- servers according to their experience. sibility study with the objective of S. Grabherr S. Ross The results of the study show that the L. Oesterhelweg . S. Bolliger . investigating the potential of multi- A. Christe . M. J. Thali detector computed tomography estimation of sex and age is possible Institute of Forensic Medicine, (MDCT) to estimate the bone age and by the use of MDCT. Virtual skeletons University of Bern, sex of deceased persons. To obtain present an ideal collection for anthro- Buehlstrasse 20, pological studies, because they are 3012 Bern, Switzerland virtual skeletons, the bodies of 22 deceased persons with known age at obtained in a non-invasive way and S. Grabherr . P. Schnyder death were scanned by MDCT using a can be investigated ad infinitum. Service of Diagnostic and special protocol that consisted of high- Interventional Radiology, Keywords Skeletal age . Age University Hospital of Lausanne, resolution imaging of the skull, shoulder girdle (including the upper estimation . Sex estimation . Virtual Rue du Bugnon 46, . 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland half of the humeri), the symphysis skeleton Virtopsy Digital osteology Introduction used for post-mortem examinations [1]. Computed tomog- raphy (CT) systems have already been installed in In recent years, modern cross-sectional imaging techniques institutes of forensic medicine all over the world, and in have revolutionised forensic medicine. Magnetic resonance the future this trend will continue [2]. The advantage of (MR) imaging and especially multi-detector computed having access to CT and MR can also influence other tomography (MDCT) are becoming more and more widely specialists working in collaboration with institutes of 420 forensic medicine. In this context, the Institute of Forensic 13] and Iscan et al. [14–15], would rule out age estimations Medicine of the University of Lausanne is working on in many cases. Suchey and Katz [16] pointed out that the creating an “anthropological database” that should contain assessment of the symphysis, which is used for this kind of data from a large number of cadavers which have been age estimation, is nearly impossible in individuals of more examined by CT. These data will consist of “virtual than 40 years old, whereas the complex method allows skeletons” with well-documented age, sex, illnesses, differentiation up to an age of over 50 years. These factors origin, etc. that can be used to perform anthropological contributed to our decision to use the Nemeskéri method in studies in order to optimise anthropological methods or to this study despite the criticism concerning this method. develop new techniques. Acsádi and Nemeskéri [17] emphasised that an over- This article deals with a feasibility study that demon- simplified mechanistic employment of the method should strates how CT can be used for anthropological purposes. be avoided by all means and that the final age diagnosis In the context of the Virtopsy project (www.virtopsy.com), should be established in a most circumspect manner. In our the potential of MDCT to perform anthropological study, the age estimated by the complex method was used estimation of skeletal sex and age was evaluated. The as a starting point for further estimations. These depended aim of this first study was to show if different parts of the mostly on the experience and preferences of the three skeleton can be visualised by MDCT in a quality that observers and did not follow rules of specific methods. allows examinations as they are performed on real skeletons. Characteristics of interest here were the obliteration of Therefore, MDCT data of 22 cases were collected at the ectocranial sutures, degenerative joint disease, degree of Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bern. A special CT epiphyseal fusion, presence of osteophytes, the ossification protocol that should allow detailed high-resolution imaging of the rib and laryngeal cartilage, degeneration of the spine, with reconstruction of high quality three-dimensional (3D) the state of the dentition and the texture of the clavicle. In models was developed. The obtained “virtual skeletons” the most general of terms, the absence of degenerative were examined by three anthropologists with different changes, osteophytes and advanced ossification of epiph- professional experience. yses, sutures and cartilages is indicative of a younger age, All the disposable methods for age estimation lead to an their presence however points towards a more mature age. appraisal of the biological age but not to an exact Such age changes are highly individual, though, and calculation of the chronological age of an individual. depend on different factors like lifestyle and genetic Examples of well-established methods for age estimation disposition. The assessment of these skeletal changes and on adult skeletons are aspartic acid racemisation [3] and the weight attached to them depends on the observer’s tooth cementum annulation [4], both techniques that are judgement. Thus, the final age estimation is a process of not adaptable for our question. For a first appraisal of the weighing and balancing, therefore including many factors age, we decided to use the complex method of Nemeskéri that cannot be assessed by an exact method. With regard to et al. [5]. Despite the criticism concerning this method [6, these aspects, an aggregated interpretation (final estima- 7], it seemed to us to be the most interesting choice for our tion) was performed by each observer which revealed the question because it consists of a unique multi-factor estimated age of each individual. concept, including four different skeletal age parameters, which are combined and put in relation to each other. This aspect was important, as the goal of this study was to Materials and methods investigate different parts of the skeleton and not just one parameter, as has already been reported [8]. Subjects The complex method according to Nemeskéri et al. [5] includes the following parameters: (1) the endocranial The study was performed on 22 blinded cases of the obliteration of the sutures; (2) the structure of the spongiosa Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bern. The cases were of the proximal humerus; (3) the proximal femur; (4) the chosen by the following criteria: (1) known and confirmed texture of the symphyseal surface of the pubic bone. age at death, (2) intact skeletal system. The study group Optimally, the deviation should be ±2.5 years (confidence was composed of seven female and 15 male corpses, ca. 80–85%). After assigning a state to each parameter as representing ages between 17 and 92 years at the time of depicted in [5], the estimated age range can be withdrawn death. Cause of death was either intoxication (drugs and/or from tables published by Ferembach et al. [9] and Sjøvold medicine) or sudden death due to cardiac insufficiency. [10]. In German speaking regions, the method according to Nemeskéri and co-workers is widely applied by anthro- pologists, especially those who are working with historical MDCT skeletal materials. To test the work on virtual bones, the involved anthropologists preferred to apply this method MDCT was performed on a Siemens Somatom Sensation 6 because they are most familiar with it. Other techniques, unit, using a special CT protocol including high-resolution like the method described by Suchey and co-workers [11– imaging of regions relevant for the complex analysis: skull, 421 shoulder girdle including the upper half of the humeri, the CT parameters were 0.63-mm slice width, 6×0.5-mm symphysis pubis and the upper halves of the femora (see detector-collimation and a reconstruction increment of 0.5-mm Fig. 1). (tube voltage: 130 kV; effective mAs: 90; radiation dose: 12.24 mGy). Reconstructions were performed using a kernel of B30 (soft-tissue reconstruction) and B90 (bone reconstruction). Estimation of sex Estimation of sex was performed by three anthropologists (observers 1–3) with 5 to more than 30 years of professional experience by examination of the skull and the pelvis independently from each other. Therefore, 3D models reconstructed in a B30 kernel or B90 kernel from the CT data of regions 1 and 3 (see Fig. 1)wereexamined(see Figs. 2a, 3a). The determination was based on the secondary sex characters of the skull and the pelvis [17–21].
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