Forensic age estimation in living children: how accurate is the Greulich-Pyle method in Sabah, East Malaysia?

• Main Authors: Khin Mya Nang, Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Anithaa Tangaperumal, Aye Aye Wynn, Tin Tin Thein1, Firdaus Hayati, Yong Guang Teh
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: National Library of Medicine 2023
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General); R856-857 Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37909/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37909/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37909/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1137960

Background: The Greulich and Pyle’s Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Hand and Wrist (GP Atlas) is the most widely used method of determining the bone age (BA) of a child. It is also a widely accepted method for forensic age determination. As there is limited local bone age data for...