title: [Progress in skeletal age estimation with measurement method of X-ray film].
abstract: Age estimation by the measurement method is to get the data such as the length, width, thickness, area of the ossification center, transverse diameter of the metaphysis, transverse diameter of osteoepiphysis, width of the epiphyseal line and the ratio between the diaph and the epiphyseal, by measuring the different bones of human in different ages with the radiological technology and to explore the relationship between these data and the life age by statistics. According to the relationships the personal life age may be estimated. In this article the measurement methods above mentioned and its application in age estimation were reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. wanlei-820628@163.com
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Chong-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Guang-You
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ya-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014962:X-Ray Film