Open AccessThree-Dimensional Facial Scanning at the Fingertips of Patients and Surgeons: Accuracy and Precision Testing of iPhone X Three-Dimensional Scanner
Author(s) -
Hayeem L. Rudy,
Nicole Wake,
J. H. Yee,
Evan S. Garfein,
Oren M. Tepper
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plastic and reconstructive surgery/psef cd journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1076-5751
pISSN - 0032-1052
DOI - 10.1097/prs.0000000000007387
Subject(s) - scanner , repeatability , medicine , mean difference , computer vision , significant difference , artificial intelligence , nuclear medicine , orthodontics , biomedical engineering , computer science , mathematics , statistics , confidence interval
The iPhone X (Apple, Inc., Cupertino, Calif.) is the first smartphone to be released with a high-fidelity three-dimensional scanner. At present, half of all U.S. smartphone users use an iPhone. Recent data suggest that the majority of these 230 million individuals will upgrade to the iPhone X within 2 years. This represents a profound expansion in access to three-dimensional scanning technology, not only for plastic surgeons but for their patients as well. The purpose of this study was to compare the iPhone X scanner against a popular, portable three-dimensional camera used in plastic surgery (Canfield Vectra H1; Canfield Scientific, Inc., Parsippany, N.J.).