Akriti Choudhary, John Vandevender, Kevin Yang, Sobhi Kazmouz, Michael Edgar, Marina Lentskevich, Christopher Juarez, Julius Mendoza, Kyle Bartelt, Alvin Nguyen, Chad A Purnell
BACKGROUND: Myriad options are available for plastic surgeons to perform soft-tissue analysis, which is vital to perioperative evaluation and research. Our objective is to compare the accuracy, precision, and efficiency of the available cephalometric modalities for conducting facial soft-tissue measurements. METHODS: Twenty soft-tissue facial measurements were performed by 5 measurers with varying experiences on 5 adult subjects, using 6 methods-manual calipers, cone-beam CT, virtual reality (VR), 3D stereophotogrammetry, iPad-based 3D photogrammetry, and 2-dimensional photographs...
February 9, 2024: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: JPRAS