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Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images

Introduction: Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) provides information that helps in the determination of the cause of death and corpse identification of disaster victims. One of the methods for corpse identification includes assessment of the body stature. There is a lack of post-mortem imaging...

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Main Authors: Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T., Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam, Suppiah, Subapriya, Mahmud, Rozi, Kabeer, Abubakar, Abd Manaf, Rosliza, Abdul Rahim, Ezamin
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Published: Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2020
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spelling my.upm.eprints.888482021-11-02T20:30:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88848/ Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T. Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam Suppiah, Subapriya Mahmud, Rozi Kabeer, Abubakar Abd Manaf, Rosliza Abdul Rahim, Ezamin Introduction: Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) provides information that helps in the determination of the cause of death and corpse identification of disaster victims. One of the methods for corpse identification includes assessment of the body stature. There is a lack of post-mortem imaging studies that focus on the anthropometric assessment of corpses. Our aim was to identify the relationship between cadaveric spine length and autopsy length (AL) among and autopsy length (AL) among a Malaysian population and derive a regression formula for the estimation of corpse body height using PMCT. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively assessed 107 cadavers that had undergone conventional autopsy and PMCT. We made 5 measurements from the PMCT that included cervical length (CL), thoracic length (TL), lumbosacral length (LS), total column length of the spine, excluding the sacrum and coccyx (TCL), and ellipse line measurement of the whole spine, excluding the sacrum and coccyx (EL). We compared these anthropometric PMCT measurements with AL and correlated them using linear regression analysis. Results: The results showed a significant linear relationship existed between TL and LS with AL, which was higher in comparison with the other parameters than the rest of the spine parameters. The linear regression formula derived was: 48.163 + 2.458 (TL) + 2.246 (LS). Conclusions: The linear regression formula derived from PMCT spine length parameters particularly thoracic and lumbar spine gave a finer correlation with autopsy body length and can be used for accurate estimation of cadaveric height. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever linear regression formula for cadaveric height assessment using only post mortem CT spine length measurements. Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88848/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T. and Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam and Suppiah, Subapriya and Mahmud, Rozi and Kabeer, Abubakar and Abd Manaf, Rosliza and Abdul Rahim, Ezamin (2020) Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images. Malaysian Journal Of Pathology, 42 (3). 423 - 431. ISSN 0126-8635 http://www.mjpath.org.my/
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description Introduction: Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) provides information that helps in the determination of the cause of death and corpse identification of disaster victims. One of the methods for corpse identification includes assessment of the body stature. There is a lack of post-mortem imaging studies that focus on the anthropometric assessment of corpses. Our aim was to identify the relationship between cadaveric spine length and autopsy length (AL) among and autopsy length (AL) among a Malaysian population and derive a regression formula for the estimation of corpse body height using PMCT. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively assessed 107 cadavers that had undergone conventional autopsy and PMCT. We made 5 measurements from the PMCT that included cervical length (CL), thoracic length (TL), lumbosacral length (LS), total column length of the spine, excluding the sacrum and coccyx (TCL), and ellipse line measurement of the whole spine, excluding the sacrum and coccyx (EL). We compared these anthropometric PMCT measurements with AL and correlated them using linear regression analysis. Results: The results showed a significant linear relationship existed between TL and LS with AL, which was higher in comparison with the other parameters than the rest of the spine parameters. The linear regression formula derived was: 48.163 + 2.458 (TL) + 2.246 (LS). Conclusions: The linear regression formula derived from PMCT spine length parameters particularly thoracic and lumbar spine gave a finer correlation with autopsy body length and can be used for accurate estimation of cadaveric height. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever linear regression formula for cadaveric height assessment using only post mortem CT spine length measurements.
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author Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T.
Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam
Suppiah, Subapriya
Mahmud, Rozi
Kabeer, Abubakar
Abd Manaf, Rosliza
Abdul Rahim, Ezamin
spellingShingle Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T.
Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam
Suppiah, Subapriya
Mahmud, Rozi
Kabeer, Abubakar
Abd Manaf, Rosliza
Abdul Rahim, Ezamin
Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
author_facet Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T.
Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam
Suppiah, Subapriya
Mahmud, Rozi
Kabeer, Abubakar
Abd Manaf, Rosliza
Abdul Rahim, Ezamin
author_sort Zyoud, Tawfiq Y. T.
title Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
title_short Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
title_full Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
title_fullStr Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
title_sort estimation of body height from spinal length measurements using post-mortem computed tomographic images
publisher Malaysian Society of Pathologists
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88848/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88848/
http://www.mjpath.org.my/
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