Objective assessment of aesthetic outcomes of breast cancer treatment: Measuring ptosis from clinical photographs

Min Soon Kim; Gregory P. Reece; Elisabeth K. Beahm; Michael J. Miller; E. Neely Atkinson; Mia K. Markey

doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.10.007

Objective assessment of aesthetic outcomes of breast cancer treatment: Measuring ptosis from clinical photographs

Min Soon Kim, Gregory P. Reece, Elisabeth K. Beahm, Michael J. Miller, E. Neely Atkinson, Mia K. Markey

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Abstract

The aesthetic outcome of breast cancer treatment is an important factor in breast cancer survivors' quality of life. We investigated new quantitative, objective measurements of breast ptosis based on ratios of distances between fiducial points manually identified in oblique and lateral clinical photographs. Ptosis refers to the extent to which the nipple is lower than the inframammary fold. The new objective measures were compared to ratings made using an existing subjective scale. The variability in the objective measurements due to intra- and inter-observer variability in marking fiducial points was shown to be equivalent to less than one point on the subjective ptosis scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	49-59
Number of pages	11
Journal	Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume	37
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.10.007
State	Published - Jan 2007

Keywords

Breast neoplasms
Computer-assisted
Diagnosis
Photogrammetry
Photography
Ptosis
Reconstructive surgical procedures

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Computer Science Applications
Health Informatics

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