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- The study uses stereophotographic imaging and digital image correlation to analyze how breast skin deformation changes when a person moves from lying down to standing up.
- It reveals that this position change can significantly stretch the breast skin, with maximum stretch ratios varying between 1.25 and 1.60 among different subjects.
- Additionally, the research highlights that the breast boundaries shift noticeably in relation to the body’s skeletal structure and fixed reference points, which is important for validating biomechanical breast models.
Article Abstract
Stereophotographic imaging and digital image correlation are used to determine the variation of breast skin deformation as the subject orientation is altered from supine to upright. A change in subject's position from supine to upright can result in significant stretches in some parts of the breast skin. The maximum of the major principal stretch ratio of the skin is different in different subjects and varies in the range of 1.25-1.60. It is also found that the boundaries of the breast move significantly relative to the skeletal structure and other fixed points such as the sternal notch. Such measurements are crucial since they provide basic data for validation of biomechanical breast models based on finite element formulations.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4297751 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.09.016 | DOI Listing |
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