Accuracy Assessment of Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging-Based Distance Measurements of the Face: Comparison of a Handheld Facial Scanner and a Stationary Whole-Body Surface Imaging Device

Konstantin Christoph Koban; Ya Xu; Nicholas Moellhoff; Denis Ehrl; Michael G Alfertshofer; Sebastian Cotofana; Riccardo E Giunta; Julie Woodward; Daria Voropai; Konstantin Frank

doi:10.1016/j.fsc.2022.01.009

Accuracy Assessment of Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging-Based Distance Measurements of the Face: Comparison of a Handheld Facial Scanner and a Stationary Whole-Body Surface Imaging Device

Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2022 May;30(2):159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2022.01.009.

Affiliations

¹ Department for Hand, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig - Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Department of Clinical Anatomy, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Private Practice, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department for Hand, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig - Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: konstantin.frank@med.uni-muenchen.de.

PMID: 35501053
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2022.01.009

Abstract

Three-dimensional surface imaging (3DSI) has been shown to be a useful tool for plastic surgeons in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative setting. The objective of this investigation was to compare the accuracy of facial surface distance measurements using both a handheld facial 3DSI device and a stationary whole-body 3DSI device. Users should be aware of deviations when obtaining 3DSI using the presented imaging devices but should not refrain from using them, as the absolute differences might be too small to play a role in both, clinical and research, settings.

Keywords: 3D scan; Face scan; Surface imaging; Whole-body imaging; Whole-body scan.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Face* / diagnostic imaging
Face* / surgery
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional* / methods