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Morphological Changes of the Frontal Sinus with Age a Two-dimensional Geometric Morphometric Study

dc.contributor.authorNur Damia Iwani Zulkifleeen_US
dc.contributor.authorMansharan Kaur Chainchel Singhen_US
dc.contributor.authorAspalilah Aliasen_US
dc.contributor.authorHelmi Hadien_US
dc.contributor.authorEric Chungen_US
dc.contributor.authorNurul Hannim Zaidunen_US
dc.contributor.authorRani Sakaranen_US
dc.contributor.authorKer Woon Choyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T06:52:16Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T06:52:16Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.submitted2024-2-14
dc.descriptionVolume 35en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Age estimation of unidentified human remains is an essential for establishing the biological profile of unidentified human remains. Previous studies have investigated the value linear measurements of the frontal sinus for age estimation while the value of two-dimensional (2D) geometric morphometric measurements have not been explored for this purpose. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the morphological variation of frontal sinus among adults Malaysian for age estimation using 2D geometric morphometric methods. Methods: Lateral skull radiographs of 453 adult Malaysians, comprising 151 young adults (20–39 years old), 150 middle-aged adults (40–59 years old) and 152 old adults (60–79 years old), were retrieved retrospectively. Eight 2D landmarks were applied to digitalized radiographs using TPSDig2 software. 2D geometric morphometric analysis was performed by MorphoJ software. Results: Procrustes ANOVA revealed no significant differences in shape and size (p-value > 0.05) of frontal sinus between the three age groups. However, Canonical Variate Analysis showed significant differences for Mahalanobis and Procrustes distances (p-value < 0.05) between young and old adult groups. Discriminant Function Analysis after cross-validation demonstrated an age classification accuracy of 53.5 %. Conclusion: The study suggests that 2D geometric morphometric analysis of the frontal sinus cannot be reliably used to estimate the age of an unknown Malaysian individual.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZulkiflee, N. D. I., Singh, M. K. C., Alias, A., Hadi, H., Chung, E., Zaidun, N. H., Sakaran, R., & Choy, K. W. (2023). Morphological changes of the frontal sinus with age: A two-dimensional geometric morphometric study. Forensic Imaging, 35, 200569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2023.200569en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.fri.2023.200569
dc.identifier.epage6
dc.identifier.issn2666-2256
dc.identifier.spage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2666225623000386?via%3Dihub
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/7879
dc.identifier.volume35
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofForensic Imagingen_US
dc.subject2D geometric morphometric, Age estimation, Forensic imaging, Frontal sinus, Malaysian populationen_US
dc.titleMorphological Changes of the Frontal Sinus with Age a Two-dimensional Geometric Morphometric Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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