title: The image analysis of colour changes of different human tissues in the relation to the age. Part 2: practical applicability.
abstract: The method of image analysis of intervertebral disc, Achilles tendon and rib cartilage was applied for assessment of colour changes of these tissues in the relation to the human age. It was proved that colour of tested tissues changes with age which is most obvious on rib cartilage and intervertebral disc, while Achilles tendon does not display important changes. The parameters MeanBlue, MeanSaturation and MeanBrightness are the best for age estimation based on colour analysis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague, Studnickova 4, 128 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic. pilin@lf1.cuni.cz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pilin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pudil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bencko
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000473:pathology*; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*; D003116:Color; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology*; D012272:Ribs; D013053:Spectrophotometry