Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images

Introduction: Radiological forensic is a specialised area of medical imaging using radiological technique for identification of human and also for ante or post mortem purposes. Radiological imaging of human remains become important in forensic field in determining sex, age, ethnicity, stature an...

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Main Author:	Annuar, Suraya Hanim Mohamed
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.442902020-10-22T03:03:19Z Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images 2016 Annuar, Suraya Hanim Mohamed RA Public aspects of medicine Introduction: Radiological forensic is a specialised area of medical imaging using radiological technique for identification of human and also for ante or post mortem purposes. Radiological imaging of human remains become important in forensic field in determining sex, age, ethnicity, stature and in fact, cause of death. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between sex and height with foramen magnum (FM) morphology using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull. Material and Method: Total of 104 CT scan of the skull were selected using randomised sampling, i.e. 52 samples for each gender. Images were analysed using PACS viewing application on grey-scale monitor. Seven variables of FM morphology were measured on MPR skull images. Comparison between FM morphology and sex, and correlation with height were analysed using statistical test. Results: There is statistically significant difference between males and females for all measurements, with p value < 0.05. The males have larger value than female, in all FM measurements. However, fair degree of correlation between FM parameters and height (0.257<r<0.495; P<0.05) was observed in this study.Conclusion: FM measurements are very useful in studying sexual dimorphism in forensic investigations, but less helpful to determine height of an individu. 2016 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/44290/ http://eprints.usm.my/44290/1/Dr.%20Suraya%20Hanim%20Mohamed%20Annuar-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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description	Introduction: Radiological forensic is a specialised area of medical imaging using radiological technique for identification of human and also for ante or post mortem purposes. Radiological imaging of human remains become important in forensic field in determining sex, age, ethnicity, stature and in fact, cause of death. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between sex and height with foramen magnum (FM) morphology using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull. Material and Method: Total of 104 CT scan of the skull were selected using randomised sampling, i.e. 52 samples for each gender. Images were analysed using PACS viewing application on grey-scale monitor. Seven variables of FM morphology were measured on MPR skull images. Comparison between FM morphology and sex, and correlation with height were analysed using statistical test. Results: There is statistically significant difference between males and females for all measurements, with p value < 0.05. The males have larger value than female, in all FM measurements. However, fair degree of correlation between FM parameters and height (0.257<r<0.495; P<0.05) was observed in this study.Conclusion: FM measurements are very useful in studying sexual dimorphism in forensic investigations, but less helpful to determine height of an individu.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Annuar, Suraya Hanim Mohamed
author_facet	Annuar, Suraya Hanim Mohamed
author_sort	Annuar, Suraya Hanim Mohamed
title	Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images
title_short	Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images
title_full	Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images
title_fullStr	Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images
title_full_unstemmed	Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images
title_sort	sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (mpr) ct skull images
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2016
url	http://eprints.usm.my/44290/1/Dr.%20Suraya%20Hanim%20Mohamed%20Annuar-24%20pages.pdf
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Sex and height determination by foramen magnum morphometry using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) CT skull images

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