Abstract :
Background: Radiographs and advance imaging of orofacial structures are routinely used for personal identification. Ante-mortem and post-mortem radiographs are essential in cases of human remains and computed tomography plays a significant role in such situations.
Aim: To determine the gender from foramen magnum using computed tomography scan.
Settings and Design: The retrospective study was conducted by assessing the radiographic records, available in the archives of department.
Method and Material: Two hundred and fifty computed tomography (CT) scans of head and neck region were considered for morphometric analysis of foramen magnum using Syngo CT 2009E software.
Statistical analysis: The analysis was performed by using ANOVA, chi-square, independent‘t’ test and discriminate function analysis.
Results: The CT scan images of participants ranged from 08-79 years of age with equal number of males and females. The mean dimensions of foramen magnum in different age group was statistically not significant (p>0.05).The total mean length of foramen magnum was 35.64 3.39 mm and mean width was 29.17 2.89 mm. The mean dimensions of foramen magnum were higher in males and was highly significant (p
Keyword :
Computed tomography, Forensic radiology, Foramen magnum, Gender estimation, Personal identification.