Age estimation using CT images of the pubic symphysis of Lebanese living individuals

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dc.contributor.authorMansour, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorMárquez-Grant, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorLescure, Javier
dc.contributor.authorEid, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Velasco, María
dc.contributor.authorBenito Sánchez, María
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-10T11:41:40Z
dc.date.available2025-06-10T11:41:40Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-06-10
dc.date.issued2025-07-01
dc.date.pubOnline2025-06-09
dc.description.abstractWhile the Suchey-Brooks method for age estimation is generally accepted in forensic anthropology, its accuracy varies among different populations. This retrospective cross-sectional study aims to test the reliability of the Suchey-Brooks method using Computed Tomography (CT) scans of pubic symphyses of 155 Lebanese living individuals (76 males and 79 females) aged 17 to 98 years. This study reveals that 94.9 % of the sampled individuals fell within the range of 2 standard deviations from the reference mean for predicted age. Additionally, the study assesses phase assignation, overall bias of 1.29, and overall inaccuracy of 8.09, along with strong intra and inter-observer reliability with weighted Cohen’s Kappa (k) 0.901 and 0.82, respectively. Transition analysis was also used to generate new Lebanese age references. The new reference proposed in this study improves the accuracy of age-at-death estimation compared to the Suchey-Brooks method when applied to the Lebanese population.
dc.description.journalNameLegal Medicine
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study presented was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation under the Wadsworth International Fellowship, Gr. WIF-286.
dc.identifier.citationMansour C, Márquez-Grant N, Lescure J, et al., (2025) Age estimation using CT images of the pubic symphysis of Lebanese living individuals. Legal Medicine, Volume 76, July 2025, Article number 102647en_UK
dc.identifier.elementsID673583
dc.identifier.issn1344-6223
dc.identifier.paperNo102647
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2025.102647
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/24007
dc.identifier.volumeNo76
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1344622325000811?via%3Dihub
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciencesen_UK
dc.subject3202 Clinical Sciencesen_UK
dc.subjectBiomedical Imagingen_UK
dc.subjectLegal & Forensic Medicineen_UK
dc.subject3202 Clinical sciencesen_UK
dc.subjectForensic Anthropologyen_UK
dc.subjectAge Estimationen_UK
dc.subjectSuchey-Brooks Methoden_UK
dc.subjectLebanese Populationen_UK
dc.subjectComputed Tomography(CT)en_UK
dc.subjectPubic Symphysisen_UK
dc.titleAge estimation using CT images of the pubic symphysis of Lebanese living individualsen_UK
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-05-26

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