The applicability of Greulich and Pyle atlas to assess skeletal age for four ethnic groups

Mansourvar M 1 , Ismail MA 2 , Raj RG 3 , Kareem SA 4 , Aik S 5 , Gunalan R 6 Show all authors , Antony CD 7

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  • 1 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: marjan2012@siswa.um.edu.my
  • 2 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: maizatul@um.edu.my
  • 3 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: ramdr@um.edu.my
  • 4 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: sameem@um.edu.my
  • 5 Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: sawaik@um.edu.my
  • 6 Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: roshan@um.edu.my
  • 7 Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: chermaine.antony@gmail.com
J Forensic Leg Med, 2014 Feb;22:26-9.
PMID: 24485416 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.11.011

Abstract

Recently, determination of skeletal age, defined as the assessment of bone age, has rapidly become an important task between forensic experts and radiologists. The Greulich-Pyle (GP) atlas is one of the most frequently used methods for the assessment of skeletal age around the world. After presentation of the GP approach for the estimation of the bone age, much research has been conducted to examine the usability of this method in various geographic or ethnic categories. This study investigates on a small-scale and compares the reliability of the GP atlas for assessment of the bone age for four ethnic groups - Asian, African/American, Caucasian and Hispanic - for a different range of ages.

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