Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Acquisition and Segmentation
2.2.2. Age Estimation from the Femora Space with K-Nearest Neighbor Search
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Final Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Navega, D.; Ferreira, M.T.; Curate, F. Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach. Forensic Sci. 2024, 4, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci4010001
Navega D, Ferreira MT, Curate F. Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach. Forensic Sciences. 2024; 4(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleNavega, David, Maria Teresa Ferreira, and Francisco Curate. 2024. "Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach" Forensic Sciences 4, no. 1: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci4010001