The age estimation of adult individuals is an important problem in forensic human identification. This is usually performed by methods based on age-related changes of human skeleton. In the present paper, the pulp/tooth ratio in peri-apical X-rays of canine is used for age estimation purposes. An image segmentation method is proposed for the automatic computation of the above mentioned area, and its implementation by a Matlab code is used to obtain a practical study on 70 canine radiographies of distinct known aged individuals.
A new software for age estimation in adults by pulp/tooth ratio in canines using periapical X-rays: preliminary results
EGIDI, Nadaniela;BACALONI, MAURO;MAPONI, Pierluigi;
2014-01-01
Abstract
The age estimation of adult individuals is an important problem in forensic human identification. This is usually performed by methods based on age-related changes of human skeleton. In the present paper, the pulp/tooth ratio in peri-apical X-rays of canine is used for age estimation purposes. An image segmentation method is proposed for the automatic computation of the above mentioned area, and its implementation by a Matlab code is used to obtain a practical study on 70 canine radiographies of distinct known aged individuals.File in questo prodotto:
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