A preliminary comparative analysis of 3D body scanner, manually taken girth body measurements and size chart measurements

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Zwane, Pinkie E ^a   Sithole, Moses ^a   Hunter, Lawrance ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3D body scanner; Body scanning in South Africa; Full body scanner; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551664113     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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