A Study of Ossification of Capitate, Hamate, Triquetral & Lunate in Forensic Age Estimation Balachandran Ajay1, Kartha Moumitha2, Krishna Anooj2, Jerry Thomas2, Prathilash K2, Prem T N2, Libu G K3, Krishnan B4, John Liza4 1Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine, AIMS, Kochi 2Resident, AIMS 3Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha 4Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine, T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha Online published on 11 August, 2014. Abstract The scenario where skeletal age estimation has to be employed arises only very rarely in infancy, but when needed, accurate and specific determination of age becomes imperative. The present study aims to evaluate the ossification of Capitate, Hamate, Triquetral and Lunate in the Kerala population by analyzing wrist X-Rays of 88 children under the age of 5.5 years. ROC curve analysis and ANOVA were the statistical tools employed. Top Keywords Age determination in the living, Capitate, Carpal Bone, Forensic Age Estimation, Hamate, Kerala Data, Lower end of Radius, Lunate, Skeletal Change, Triquetral. Top |