The role of forensic anthropology in disaster victim identification (DVI): recent developments and future prospects

HH de Boer, S Blau, T Delabarde… - Forensic sciences …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Forensic anthropological knowledge has been used in disaster victim identification (DVI) for
over a century, but over the past decades, there have been a number of disaster events …

Virtual forensic anthropology: the accuracy of osteometric analysis of 3D bone models derived from clinical computed tomography (CT) scans

KL Colman, HH De Boer, JGG Dobbe… - Forensic science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical radiology is increasingly used as a source of data to test or develop forensic
anthropological methods, especially in countries where contemporary skeletal collections …

The accuracy of 3D virtual bone models of the pelvis for morphological sex estimation

KL Colman, AE van der Merwe, KE Stull… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
It is currently unknown whether morphological sex estimation traits are accurately portrayed
on virtual bone models, and this hampers the use of virtual bone models as an alternative …

Use of deep learning in forensic sex estimation of virtual pelvic models from the Han population

Y Cao, Y Ma, X Yang, J Xiong, Y Wang… - Forensic Sciences …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Accurate sex estimation is crucial to determine the identity of human skeletal remains
effectively. Here, we developed convolutional neural network (CNN) models for sex …

A potential method for sex estimation of human skeletons using deep learning and three-dimensional surface scanning

Y Cao, Y Ma, DN Vieira, Y Guo, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Deep learning based on radiological methods has attracted considerable attention in
forensic anthropology because of its superior classification capacities over human experts …

The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD): An accessible repository of contemporary subadult reference data

KE Stull, LK Corron - Forensic Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) is the largest available repository of
contemporary (2010–2019) subadult reference data from around the world. It is composed of …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring pelvises in 3D surface scans and in MDCT generated virtual environment: Considerations for applications in the forensic context

C Abegg, F Hoxha, L Campana, O Ekizoglu… - Forensic Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Virtual Anthropology (VA) transposes the traditional methods of physical anthropology to
virtual environments using imaging techniques and exploits imaging technologies to devise …

Performance of the supervised learning algorithms in sex estimation of the proximal femur: A comparative study in contemporary Egyptian and Turkish samples

MAH Attia, MH Attia, YT Farghaly, BAES Abulnoor… - Science & Justice, 2022 - Elsevier
Sex estimation standards are population specific however, we argue that machine learning
techniques (ML) may enhance the biological sex determination on trans-population …

Demonstrating the empirical effect of population specificity of anthropological standards in a contemporary Australian population

L Swift, Z Obertova, D Franklin - International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2024 - Springer
The ability to differentiate individuals based on their biological sex is essential for the
creation of an accurate anthropological assessment; it is therefore crucial that the standards …

A comparison of subadult skeletal and dental development based on living and deceased samples

KE Stull, CA Wolfe, LK Corron, K Heim… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives A fundamental assumption in biological anthropology is that living individuals will
present with different growth than non‐survivors of the same population. The aim is to …