How low can we go? CT dose reduction in the assessment of the medial clavicular epiphysis in forensic age estimation: a prospective postmortem CT study.

Silke MehnertNicole BergerPatricia M FlachMichael J ThaliGaryfalia Ampanozi Sabine Franckenberg

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2023)

Our results confirm that CT imaging at 100 kV allows a sufficient image quality that is diagnostic for age estimation in the ossification of the medial clavicle.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
contrast enhanced