The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD): An Accessible Repository of Contemporary Subadult Reference Data

• NCJ Number: 307025
• Journal: Forensic Sciences Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: 2022 Pages: 20-36
• Author(s): Kyra E. Stull; Louise K. Corron
• Date Published: 2022
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2017-DN-BX-0144; 2015-DN-BX-K409
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Award: Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice; Quantifying the Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors to Improve Juvenile Age Estimation

Annotation

This article presents the Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD), the world’s largest repository of contemporary subadult reference data.

Abstract

The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) is the largest available repository of contemporary (2010–2019) subadult reference data from around the world. It is composed of data collected from individuals aged between birth and 22 years. Data were collected from skeletal remains (n = 43, Colombia) and medical images (n = 4848) generated at medical examiner’s offices in the United States (full-body Computed Tomography (CT) scans), hospitals in France, The Netherlands, Taiwan (region-specific CT scans), and South Africa (full-body Lodox Statscans), a private clinic in Angola (region-specific conventional radiographs), and a dental practice in Brazil (panoramic radiographs). Available derivatives include individual demographics (age, sex) with standardized skeletal and/or dental growth and development indicators for all individuals from all samples, and segmented long bone and innominate surfaces from the CT scan samples. Standardized protocols for data collection are provided for download and derivatives are freely accessible for researchers and students. (Publish Abstract Provided)