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SynthesisAesthetic plastic surgery2024

Accuracy of Smartphone-Based Three-Dimensional Facial Scanning System: A Systematic Review.

Yuna Luo, Minghao Zhao, Jianjian Lu

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Synthesis in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. [Method of constructing 3D facial smile simulation sequence data based on non-rigid registration].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yuna LuoCranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, No. 33 Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing, 100144, China.
Minghao Zhao *Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, No. 33 Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing, 100144, China.
Jianjian Lu *Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, No. 33 Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing, 100144, China. 13910038881@163.com.

Funding

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences 2021-I2M-1-068Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 3332021036Institute Fund of Plastic Surgery Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences YS202026National Major Disease Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment Cooperation Project 1112323014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecently, the integration of 3D face scanning into smartphones has raised vast interest in plastic surgery. With the release of smartphones featuring 3D face scanning technology, users now can capture detailed 3D models of their faces using their smartphones. However, trueness and precision of this system is less well established.

methodsPubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched for studies evaluating 3D scanning of smartphone devices and conventional 3D imaging systems from January 1, 2017, to June 1, 2023. A qualitative systematic review was conducted by two review authors after independently selecting studies, extracting data, and assessing the risk of bias of included studies.

resultsA total of 11 studies were included, all focusing on the accuracy of smartphone 3D facial scanning. The results show that although smartphones perform poorly on deep and irregular surfaces, they are accurate enough for clinical applications and have the advantage of being economical and portable.

conclusionsSmartphone-based 3D facial scanning has been basically validated for clinical application, showing broad clinical application prospects in plastic surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors   www.springer.com/00266 .

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FaceImaging, Three-DimensionalSmartphoneFemaleHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsAccuracyFacial digitalizationSmartphonesSystematic reviewThree-dimensional facial scanning

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