The use of computerized tomography in determining stature and sex from metatarsal bones

作者：Rodriguez Sonia; Gonzalez Antonio; Simon Antia; Rodriguez Calvo Maria S; Febrero Bande Manuel; Cordeiro Cristina; Munoz Barus Jose I^*

来源：Legal Medicine, 2014, 16(5): 252-257.

DOI：10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.05.006

• Sex determination
• Stature
• Computerized tomography
• Metatarsal

This study evaluates the efficacy of a radiological method to estimate stature from measurements of the first and second metatarsal taken from a collection of metatarsals of a Portuguese Caucasian population in which the measurements were made directly on the bone. The highest coefficient of determination and the lowest standard error were obtained with the physiological length of the second metatarsal (F2), using the equation S = 895.4803 + 10.7848F2. The linear regressions obtained show significant differences between the estimated heights from M1. In addition, we offer a simple method for sex determination based on the maximum length (M1) and width (W1) of the first metatarsal, where W1 = x(1); (M1/W1) = x(2); beta 0 = 55.4767; beta 1 = -2.5796 and beta 2 = -4.6898. Here we present a method of measurement using computerized tomography that enables population studies using live volunteers without incurring the difficulties of on the bone measurement.

• 出版日期2014-9
• 单位司法部司法鉴定科学技术研究所