Greulich and Pyle method

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 3 Jul 2020

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Citation:

Jones J, Bell D, Greulich and Pyle method. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-79717

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-79717

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/79717

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79717

Article created:

2 Jul 2020, Jeremy Jones ◉

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Last revised:

3 Jul 2020, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Systems:

Paediatrics

The Greulich and Pyle method is one of the two main ways to assess the bone age of children.

Both main methods of bone age assessment require a left hand and wrist radiograph. The Greulich and Pyle method makes use of a standard bone age atlas that the reporter can compare their image to and make an estimation of bone age.

This is different to the Tanner-Whitehouse method which assesses and scores each bone before calculating an estimated age based on the assessed bones.