Age determine by the age of the thyroid cartilage by the radiological method in forensic medicine.

Pigolkin Yu.I., Poletaeva М.P., Zolotenkova G.V.

Purpose. The aim of this article is radiological examination of age change of thyroid cartilage (TC). Materials and methods. 90 radiographs of TC were observed in this study. The degree, distribution and frequency of ossification of thyroid cartilage were investigated in each radiograph by the software of graphical analysis of data. Results. Radiographically detectable thyroid ossification increased with age. There was a positive correlation between degree of osseous tissue and age (correlation coefficient =0.8) and standard error was 8.4 year. Conclusions. The thyroid cartilage has age-related changes in its structure. This me-thod for detecting of age can be used in personal identification with more accurate methods in forensic medicine.
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). Moscow, Russia.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Keywords:personal identification, age determinе, thyroid cartilage, forensic radiology.

 

Corresponding author:Poletaeva Maria, e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript /p>

 

For citation: Pigolkin Yu.I., Poletaeva М.P., Zolotenkova G.V. Age determine by the age of the thyroid cartilage by the radiological method in forensic medicine. REJR 2017; 7(4):23-29. DOI:10.21569/2222-7415-2017-7-4-23-29.

Received: 02.10.2017 Accepted: 16.10.2017