title: Use of pattern recognition and neural networks for non-metric sex diagnosis from lateral shape of calvarium: an innovative model for computer-aided diagnosis in forensic and physical anthropology.
abstract: Sex determination on skeletal remains is one of the most important diagnosis in forensic cases and in demographic studies on ancient populations. Our purpose is to realize an automatic operator-independent method to determine the sex from the bone shape and to test an intelligent, automatic pattern recognition system in an anthropological domain. Our multiple-classifier system is based exclusively on the morphological variants of a curve that represents the sagittal profile of the calvarium, modeled via artificial neural networks, and yields an accuracy higher than 80 %. The application of this system to other bone profiles is expected to further improve the sensibility of the methodology.
authors: Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, LTS - SCIT, Integrated University Health Unit of Trieste, via della Pietà 2/1, 34100, Trieste, Italy. fabio.cavalli@aots.sanita.fvg.it.
authors: Fabio
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3286-1844
authors: F
authors: Cavalli
authors: Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, LTS - SCIT, Integrated University Health Unit of Trieste, via della Pietà 2/1, 34100, Trieste, Italy.
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Lusnig
authors: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Scienze Matematiche, Università di Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100, Siena, Italy.
authors: Edmondo
authors: E
authors: Trentin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D054881:Sex Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Artificial intelligence; Forensic anthropology; Neural network; Sex determination