title: Postoperative evaluation platform of female breast implant surgery with breast configuration indicator.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to establish an optimal module of breast configuration, under normal seating state, for postoperative evaluation of a female breast implant surgery. The analytical parameters of breast configuration, such as the breast position, size and shape, can be derived from a three-dimensional (3D), full-sized image process under non-radiation condition. This optimal module converts the breast position, size and shape to the breast configuration indicator consisting of three components or indices-the breast position, volume and breast congruence rate. In conjunction with the continuity analysis, the breast configuration indicator would allow a surgeon to practically grasp the progress during the postsurgery revisits. In addition, the module derived from the proposed computer-aided breast configuration indicator could be of great use as a tool of communication between patients and surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Taiwan, Republic of China. spsun@isu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Shuh-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ko-Wen
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Jing-Shyr
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019928:Breast Implantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011184:Postoperative Period; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors