A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Three-dimensional Assessment of the Breast: Validation of a Novel, Simple and Inexpensive Scanning Process




AuthorsOranges CM, Madduri S, Brantner P, Msallem B, Giordano S, Benitez B, Kalbermatten DF, Schaefer DJ, Thieringer FM

PublisherINT INST ANTICANCER RESEARCH

Publication year2019

JournalIn Vivo

Journal name in sourceIN VIVO

Journal acronymIN VIVO

Volume33

Issue3

First page 839

Last page842

Number of pages4

ISSN0258-851X

eISSN1791-7549

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.11548(external)


Abstract
Background/Aim: Methods to assess three-dimensionally the breast surface are increasingly used in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The aim of this study was to validate the use of the Structure Sensor 3D scanner (Occipital, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA) connected to an iPad Pro (Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA) as a novel, inexpensive and handheld three-dimensional scanning process. Materials and Methods: Surface images of a medical human female anatomy torso model of rigid plastic were repeatedly acquired with Structure Sensor 3D scanner and compared with those obtained using two clinically established 3D imaging systems. Digital measurements of vector and surface breast distances were analyzed using Mimics (R) Innovation Suite 20 medical imaging software (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium). Results: The analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed no statistically significant difference among measurements obtained using different scanning processes for all the variables examined (p>0.05). Conclusion: The study demonstrates analogous practicability and reliability for surface image acquisition using the newly introduced Structure Sensor 3D scanner and other clinically established scanners.



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