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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
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07:56 min

January 29, 2018

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  • 00:05Title
  • 00:48Creating Patient Profiles
  • 01:27Anterior-posterior Lumbar Spine Scan
  • 03:15Performing a Left or Right Hip Scan
  • 05:26Results: Bone Mineral Density Scan Analysis
  • 07:26Conclusion

Summary

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Bone mineral density (BMD) is an important factor in understanding nutritional intake. For human skeletal remains, it is a useful metric to assess quality of life in both juveniles and adults, particularly in fatal starvation and neglect cases. This paper provides guidelines for scanning human skeletal remains for forensic purposes.

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