Comparison of different methods of medical legal age classification using ROC curve analysis

Cristiana Palmela Pereira; Carla Belo; Adriana Santos; Ana Margarida Rodrigues; Diana Augusto; Joana Sardinha; Rui Santos; Francisco Salvado; Roberto Cameriere

doi:10.34624/jshd.v3i1.24781

Comparison of different methods of medical legal age classification using ROC curve analysis

Authors

Cristiana Palmela Pereira University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9164-7189 (unauthenticated)
Carla Belo University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-5186 (unauthenticated)
Adriana Santos University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-9191 (unauthenticated)
Ana Margarida Rodrigues University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-0875 (unauthenticated)
Diana Augusto University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-6210 (unauthenticated)
Joana Sardinha University of Lisbon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-6496 (unauthenticated)
Rui Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-363X (unauthenticated)
Francisco Salvado https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-8090 (unauthenticated)
Roberto Cameriere https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3775-2244 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v3i1.24781

Keywords:

Dental age assessment, Cameriere’s I3M and I2M, European Formula, Demirjian’s method, Legal age threshold, Regression models, ROC curve, Forensic Dentistry

Author Biographies

Cristiana Palmela Pereira, University of Lisbon

Professor with aggregation at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon. Integrated researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Portugal. Principal Investigator of group FORENSEMED from UICOB at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon.
Carla Belo, University of Lisbon

Presenting author. Student of Postgraduate Specialisation Course in Pedagogical Development - Educational Support in Forensic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Junior Researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Forensic Analysis Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
Adriana Santos, University of Lisbon

Student of Postgraduate Specialisation Course in Pedagogical Development - Educational Support in Forensic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Junior Researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Forensic Analysis Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana Margarida Rodrigues, University of Lisbon

Student of Postgraduate Specialisation Course in Pedagogical Development - Educational Support in Forensic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Junior Researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Forensic Analysis Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
Diana Augusto, University of Lisbon

Student of Postgraduate Specialisation Course in Pedagogical Development - Educational Support in Forensic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Junior Researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Forensic Analysis Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
Joana Sardinha, University of Lisbon

Student of Postgraduate Specialisation Course in Pedagogical Development - Educational Support in Forensic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Junior Researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Forensic Analysis Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rui Santos

Auxiliary professor at the Department of Mathematics, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal. Integrated researcher at Centre of Statistics and Applications, University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Portugal.
Francisco Salvado

Professor at Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Collaborator researcher at the Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Portugal. Head of Stomatology Department (Santa Maria Hospital - Lisbon).
Roberto Cameriere

Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Sechenov, Moscow, Russia, AgEstimation Project, FOR.MED.LAB, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy.

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Published

2021-07-22

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Special Issue - Statistics on Health Decision Making: Public Health

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Comparison of different methods of medical legal age classification using ROC curve analysis. (2021). Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, 3(1), 26-28. https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v3i1.24781