Breast volume assessment: comparing five different techniques

Objective Breast Volume, Shape and Surface Area Assessment: A Systematic Review of Breast Measurement Methods

“…Brown formula [27,62] Sigurdson formula [63] Breast-V formula [59] Mammography X-ray Total: 20 min [40] $60 [40] As a cone [41,65] As elliptic cylinder [40,64] CT CT Figure 3a [54]…”

Breast size and asymmetry during pregnancy in dependence of a fetus's sex

“…Data recording is fast, comfortable, takes place without body contact, and thus can be collected without deformation of the breast (Kovacs et al, 2007). This method is much more accurate and easier to employ than other methods presented in the literature, such as measurements on mammograms (Manning et al, 1997), on photographs (Moller et al, 1995), using bra size (Galbarczyk, 2011;Powe et al, 2010), ultrasonography (Malini et al, 1985), MRI (Kovacs et al, 2007), traditional anthropometric measurements (Qiao et al, 1997), or the Archimedes principle (Bulstrode et al, 2001). Those methods involve a level of detail that can be difficult to execute, they are of limited practicality, are often cost intensive, and are not always acceptable to participants.…”

A Computational Tool for Preoperative Breast Augmentation Planning in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

“…Although correct breast implant selection defines the aesthetically pleasing surgical result and a large variety of different prosthesis sizes and shapes are available on the market, surgeons still rely on visual assessment and other subjective approaches for operative planning because of lacking objective evaluation tools [3], [4]. Classical methods for breast augmentation planning and implant selection as ordinary 2D digital photography [5], anthropomorphic evaluations [6], water displacement [7], plaster casting [8], radiological assessments [9], [10], [11] volume measurement devices [12], [13] and the commonly performed method of placing varying implant sizes in the patients bras to select the proper prosthesis [14] are subjective, observer dependant, unreliable, cumbersome, time consuming, cost intensive and and mostly of limited help for the surgeon [4], [15], [16], [17], [18].…”