Validation of the body scanner as a measuring tool for a rapid quantification of body shape

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-369

  Bretschneider, Thorsten ^a   Koop, Urte ^a   Schreiner, Volker ^a   Wenck, Horst ^a   Jaspers, Sören ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D body image; Body scanner; Body shape; In vivo measurement; Laser triangulation

Indexed keywords

3D BODY IMAGE; BODY SCANNER; BODY SHAPE; IN VIVO MEASUREMENT; LASER TRIANGULATION;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEALTH RISKS; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIANGULATION;

SCANNING;

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAPE MEASURE; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

BODY SIZE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 67650670685     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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