ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2024
Mobile phone applications for 3-dimensional scanning and digital anthropometry: a precision comparison with traditional scanners.
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- Smartphone and tablet-based 3D scanner for anthropometric assessments in adults: a systematic review of reliability, validity, and accuracy.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Pooled it
- What is measured and what is estimated in body composition? A clarification framework for terminology and interpretation.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Development of a metabolic syndrome prediction model using smartphone-derived digital anthropometry.The British journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Smart Healthcare at Home: A Review of AI-Enabled Wearables and Diagnostics Through the Lens of the Pi-CON Methodology.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Fat-Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health?Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Review
- A predictive model for body water and fluid balance using 3D smartphone anthropometry.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- The impact of different body surface area prediction equations on ventricular dilatation prevalence in youth soccer players.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Beyond Body Mass Index: Accurate Metabolic Disease-Risk Phenotyping With 3D Smartphone Application.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Smartphone three-dimensional imaging for body composition assessment using non-rigid avatar reconstruction.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe precision of digital anthropometry through 3-dimensional (3D) scanning has been established for relatively large, expensive, non-portable systems. The comparative performance of modern mobile applications is unclear. SUBJECTS/
methodsForty-six adults (age: 23.3 ± 5.3 y; BMI: 24.4 ± 4.1 kg/m
resultsAveraged across circumferences, the absolute TEM, relative TEM, and ICC were (1) 0.9 cm, 1.5%, and 0.975; (2) 0.5 cm, 0.9%, and 0.986; (3) 0.8 cm, 1.5%, and 0.974; and (4) 0.6 cm, 1.1%, and 0.985. For total body volume, these values were (1) 2.2 L, 3.0%, and 0.978; (2) 0.8 L, 1.1%, and 0.997; (3) 0.7 L, 0.9%, and 0.998; and (4) 0.8 L, 1.1%, and 0.996, with segmental volumes demonstrating higher relative errors.
conclusionA 3D scanning mobile phone application involving full rotation of subjects in front of a smartphone camera exhibited similar reliability to larger, less portable, more expensive 3D scanners. In contrast, larger errors were observed for a mobile scanning application utilizing two 2D images, although the technical errors were acceptable for some applications.
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