CT of the medial clavicular epiphysis for forensic age estimation: hands up?
CT
Forensic age estimation
Image noise
Patient positioning
Journal
International journal of legal medicine
ISSN: 1437-1596
Titre abrégé: Int J Legal Med
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9101456
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
received:
16
07
2020
accepted:
27
01
2021
pubmed:
25
2
2021
medline:
25
9
2021
entrez:
24
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of arm position in computed tomography (CT) of the clavicle performed for forensic age estimation on clavicular position, image noise, and radiation dose. Forty-seven CT scans of the medial clavicular epiphysis performed for forensic age estimation were conducted with either hands and arms held upwards (CT Hands-up position compared with hands-down position resulted in a lower lateral body diameter (CT By elevated arm positioning, the image quality of clavicular CT scans can be improved while maintaining radiation dose compared with hands down. Clavicular position differs according to the hand position. Thus, positioning patients with elevated hands is advisable for forensic clavicular CT examinations, but multiplanar CT reconstructions should be adjusted to clavicular position and scan length should be reduced to a minimum.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33625576
doi: 10.1007/s00414-021-02516-z
pii: 10.1007/s00414-021-02516-z
pmc: PMC8206049
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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