McCormick W F, Stewart J H, Langford L A
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1985 Oct;68(2):173-95. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330680205.
Precise sexing--97% to 99% accuracy--of adult chest plates is possible when highly predictive costal cartilage ossification patterns are combined with four simple metric determinations. More than 1100 chest plate roentgenograms were evaluated for ossification pattern, fourth rib width, corpus width, sternal length and sternal area in an adult decedent population. An elementary, empirically obtained algorithm using the patternings and measurements, along with simple derivations (sternal length and area indices) was developed and then applied in chest plate sexing. This technique is not only easy, rapid and inexpensive, but it also results in a permanent and easily stored record.
当将具有高度预测性的肋软骨骨化模式与四项简单的测量指标相结合时，对成人胸骨进行精确性别鉴定（准确率达97%至99%）是可行的。在一组成年死者群体中，对1100多张胸骨X光片进行了骨化模式、第四肋骨宽度、胸骨体宽度、胸骨长度和胸骨面积的评估。利用这些模式和测量数据以及简单的推导指标（胸骨长度和面积指数），开发了一种基于经验的基本算法，然后将其应用于胸骨性别鉴定。该技术不仅简便、快速且成本低廉，还能生成一份永久性且易于保存的记录。
