Background/Aim: Methods to assess threedimensionally the breast surface are increasingly used in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The aim of this study was to validate the use of the Structure Sensor 3D scanner (Occipital, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA) connected to an iPad Pro (Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA) as a novel, inexpensive and handheld three-dimensional scanning process. Materials and Methods: Surface images of a medical human female anatomy torso model of rigid plastic were repeatedly acquired with Structure Sensor 3D scanner and compared with those obtained using two clinically established 3D imaging systems. Digital measurements of vector and surface breast distances were analyzed using Mimics ® Innovation Suite 20 medical imaging software (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium). Results: The analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed no statistically significant difference among measurements obtained using different scanning processes for all the variables examined (p>0.05). Conclusion: The study demonstrates analogous practicability and reliability for surface image acquisition using the newly introduced Structure Sensor 3D scanner and other clinically established scanners. Three-dimensional photographic imaging technologies are gaining an increasing role in plastic and reconstructive surgery. They allow accurate and efficient pre-operative analysis to formulate diagnosis and establish endpoint goals of treatment to address the underlying morphology and, thus, prepare an appropriate surgical plan (1). Furthermore, in contrast to traditional two-dimensional photography, three-dimensional imaging is growingly regarded as a fundamental tool to objectively measure outcomes by providing true surface anatomy (2). Notably, volumetric and geometric parameters analyses such as depth and surface topographic distance measurements can also be performed, yielding important additional data (2). These elements are considered particularly relevant in case of breast surgery, where they can be used to evaluate symmetry, surface and volumetric changes, including total breast volumes, volumetric distribution, and breast projection. Moreover, surface and vector measurements can be assessed to define breast contour, size, and position on the chest wall (3). A number of researches have indeed validated the use of three-dimensional imaging in the clinical context of autologous or prosthetic breast reconstruction, and breast augmentation and reduction (3-10). Several validated devices are available for three-dimensional breast images capturing. However, many of them are not portable, heavyweight and generally expensive (11). These characteristics make them of unpractical use in the daily practice.