Ottow, C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-741X
Schmidt, S.
Heindel, W.
Pfeiffer, H.
Buerke, B.
Schmeling, A.
Vieth, V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Refugee Fund
German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Article History
Received: 12 October 2021
Revised: 5 April 2022
Accepted: 14 April 2022
First Online: 4 May 2022
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Professor Andreas Schmeling.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in:Ottow C, Krämer JA, Olze A, et al (2014) Magnetresonanztomographiestudie zur Altersschätzung von unbe-gleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen [Magnetic resonance tomography studies on age estimation of unaccompanied minor refugees]. Rechtsmedizin 25(1):12-20Guo Y, Olze A, Ottow C, et al (2015) Dental age estimation in living individuals using 3.0 T MRI of lower third molars. Int J Legal Med 129:1265-1270Ottow C, Schulz R, Pfeiffer H, Heindel W, Schmeling A, Vieth V (2017) Forensic age estimation by magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: the definite relevance in bony fusion of the distal femoral- and the proximal tibial epiphyses using closest-to-bone T1 TSE sequence. Eur Radiol 27:5041-5048Timme M, Ottow C, Schulz R, et al (2017) Magnetic resonance imaging of the distal radial epiphysis: a new criterion of maturity for determining whether the age of 18 has been completed? Int J Legal Med 131:579-84Vieth V, Schulz R, Heindel W et al (2018) Forensic age assessment by 3.0 T MRI of the knee: proposal of a new MRI classification of ossification stages. Eur Radiol 28:3255-3262
: • prospective• cross sectional study• performed at one institution