Accurate assessment of breast volume: A study comparing the volumetric gold standard (direct water displacement measurement of mastectomy specimen) with a 3D laser scanning technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Yip, Jia Miin ^a   Mouratova, Naila ^a   Jeffery, Rebecca M ^b   Veitch, Daisy E ^c   Woodman, Richard J ^b   Dean, Nicola R ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHARP Dummies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D scanning; breast reconstruction; laser scanner; Mastectomy specimen volume; water displacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84856600906     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31820ebdd0     Document Type: Article

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