Pediatric paleoradiology

Applications and best practice protocols for image acquisition and reporting

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ID4670445
AutoresKatherine D Van Schaik (0000-0002-7600-5233, Department of Radiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts USA, autor correspondente), Andy Tsai (0000-0002-0089-6463, Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Division Boston Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA), Maria A Liston (0000-0001-8368-5751, Department of Anthropology University of Waterloo Toronto Ontario Canada), Gerald J Conlogue (0000-0003-1407-4273, Quinnipiac University), Gerald Conlogue (Bioanthropology Research Institute Quinnipiac University Hamden Connecticut USA)
Ano2023
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas136-149
Data de publicação2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/oa.3140
OpenAlexW4283574568
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas84

This paper aggregates and summarizes studies that use paleoradiology techniques in the analysis of pediatric remains. Building on these findings, we offer evidence-based, best-practice protocols for the use of radiographic techniques in the assessment of pediatric remains from archaeological contexts. We also provide a recommended reporting worksheet for recording findings in a standardized way. After reviewing studies of pediatric remains that used radiographic techniques, with a focus on three major bioarchaeological journals, PubMed, and the Yearbook of Mummy Studies, we identified areas for improvement in the acquisition and reporting of paleoradiographic findings in pediatric remains. Although radiological techniques are used with increasing frequency in the assessment of pediatric remains, no standardized pediatric imaging protocols presently exist. We combine insights gained from existing literature with current clinical imaging protocols in order to provide best-practice protocols for the acquisition and reporting of radiographic findings from archeological contexts, specific to pediatric remains. This is, as far as we know, the first proposal of imaging protocols specifically tailored for the assessment of pediatric remains from bioarchaeological contexts. Recognizing the limitations faced by archaeologists around the use of imaging technologies in their fieldwork (including lack of funding, equipment access, and permit acquisition, among others), this review is offered not to criticize previous work, but in the hope that the need for appropriate radiographic study can be incorporated into research plans and funding applications from the beginning, and that granting agencies will encourage and support these types of analyses in skeletal studies. It holds implications for how paleoradiology techniques might be systematically used and applied to pediatric remains from multiple time periods, across the world. Our proposed imaging acquisition and reporting protocols are primarily based on English-language sources. Further assessment of the proposed protocols, following systematic application in multiple contexts, is recommended

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