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Abstract
Sex identification is an important step in the identification of unknown human remains. Its accuracy depends on the degree of sexual dimorphism exhibited by the skeleton. Numerous techniques of sex identification have been proposed, based either on visual assessment or recording of linear metric variables (1).
The skull has long been recognized as the second most sexually dimorphic bone after the pelvis. When only skull remains are available and other ways of identification fails, radiographs of frontal sinuses may be useful. Frontal sinuses morphology is unique to everyone and can be used in person identification. The frontal sinuses is one of the most interest and significant tool in forensic identification due to its irregular shape and because of the individual characteristics which makes the frontal bone unique for every individual, just as fingerprints (7).
If the existing skeletal elements are partially exposed, special techniques, like maceration, are needed in order to carry out the examination. Therefore, the necessity of developing new techniques for skeletal identification like computed tomography (CT) emerges. The CT images-based method offers highly accurate anatomical models, which make examinations less time-consuming, virtual manipulation of the bone easier and without previous preparation or alteration to material studied (30).
This study aimed to determine the efficacy of using frontal sinus dimensions in adult sex identification using two-dimensional computed tomography.