An objective evaluation of breast symmetry and shape differences using 3-dimensional images

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 571-575

  Losken, Albert ^a   Fishman, Inessa ^a   Denson, Donald D ^a   Moyer, Hunter R ^a   Carlson, Grant W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Objective evaluation; Symmetry; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 29244455310     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000185459.49434.5f     Document Type: Article

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