White Light Scanning to Aid Body Contouring: A Pilot Project

Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Body Dysmorphic Disorders; Lipodystrophy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01093950

05-09-FB-0235

Details and patient eligibility

About

A white light scanner can more accurately measure body contouring subjects than standard anthropomorphic methods.

Full description

A 3-D digital body camera that employs non-intrusive white light phase profilometry and 24 coordinated charge-coupled cameras scans and produces a "point cloud" image of the subject. The result of the two-minute scan process is an accurate three-dimensional body model of the subject, consisting of over 1.2 million surface points. The point cloud is compressed to provide programmable measurement extraction profiles (MEP's) that automatically extracts linear and circumferential measurements. Subjects are scanned and anthropometrically measured pre-operatively, and at 3, 6 and 9 months post-op.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All healthy preoperative body contouring subjects between 18-65 years old are potentially included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant, nursing,or have a history of epilepsy.
• Individuals under 18 years old;
• Problems reading or understanding spoken instructions;
• Are in jail or in a "locked ward";
• Are a student or an employee of EVMS; or
• Are chemically-dependent.

Trial design

500 participants in 1 patient group

PROSPECTIVE BODY CONTOURING SUBJECTS

Description:

It is anticipated that the participants will undergo body contouring procedures including lipoplasty \[internal fat suction removal\], abdominoplasty \[surgical removal of lower abdominal skin and fat\], breast reduction \[surgical removal of breast skin, fat, and breast tissue to reduce breast size\], breast augmentation \[surgical breast enlargement\], thigh lift \[surgical removal of upper thigh tissue\], and brachioplasty \[surgical removal of upper arm tissue\]. These procedures will be evaluated by pre- and post-operative digital scans, analog measurements, and clinical examinations and photographs.