Objective breast symmetry evaluation using 3-D surface imaging

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Eder, Maximilian ^a   Waldenfels, Fee v ^a   Swobodnik, Alexandra ^a   Klöppel, Markus ^b   Pape, Ann Kathrin ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Raith, Stefan ^a   Kitzler, Elena ^a   Papadopulos, Nikolaos A ^a   Machens, Hans Günther ^a   Kovacs, Laszlo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Esthetic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D; Asymmetry; Breast surgery; Outcome research; Surface imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SYMMETRY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84858750721     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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