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A measurement technique has been developed for application in the area of noninvasive breast cancer detection. The measurement process involves the use of closerange stereophotogrammetry as a data acquisition device necessary for determination of breast volume and volume distribution. This report details the methodology used to acquire and analyze stereopair photographs necessary to document the validity and reliability of this application. The volume of a test object was determined by both water displacement and stereophotogrammetric analysis to estimate the precision of the proposed methodology. Additionally, the reliability component of the study was documented by analyzing variability of coordinates representing a series of locations marked on the surface of an irregularly shaped object. Both tests confirm that this stereometric analysis is a reliable and valid method of measurement and may be well suited for further development in the field of breast cancer detection.
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Sheffer, D.B., Price, T.E., Loughry, C.W. et al. Validity and reliability of biostereometric measurement of the human female breast. Ann Biomed Eng 14, 1–14 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02364645
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