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The role of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) imaging in biological anthropology

In forensic anthropology, MSCT images can be used for personal identification by comparing antemortem and postmortem data, but even in the lack of antemortem records, for biological profiling. In bioarchaeology, MSCT images can be used for creating osteobiography of an individual but can also give valuable data for population studies such as sex, age, ancestry, stature, disease, trauma, and traits on bones and teeth. The greatest issue in forensic and biological anthropology is the unavailability of documented skeletal collections that could be utilized to develop population/time-period-specific standards for biological profiling. To overcome this issue, MSCT scans of patients are used for creating virtual skeletal collections with documented data. In this paper, the authors will present activities of the installation research project "Forensic identification of human remains using MSCT imaging" and highlight the possibilities that new technologies can offer to forensic and biological anthropology. They will present the processes of creating a virtual skeletal collection, taking virtual skeletal measurements and non-metric scoring, and developing population-specific standards for sex and age estimation. Lastly, the authors will explain how data obtained from MSCT images of living individuals can be used to compare modern and ancient populations by evaluating migrations, population mixtures, secular changes, and population dynamics in general. This paper is financed by the Croatian Science Foundation installation research project UIP -2020-02) “Forensic identification of human remains using MSCT image analysis".

bioarchaeology ; MSCT ; osteobiography ; virtual skeletal collection

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