Table 1. Summary of all reported breast volumetric analysis techniques except 3D surface imaging.
| Techniques | Accuracy & reliability | Practicality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Portability | Cost/USD (Ref.) | ||
| Archimedian principle | ||||
| Schultz method (8) | MD 5.6% (27) | N/A | Yes | 0 |
| Tezel device (9) | N/A | 10 min (41) | Yes | 1 (41) |
| Thermoplastic casting | ||||
| Conventional (10) | MD 7.97% (33) | 25 min (41) | Yes | 20-150 (10,35) |
| Anthropomorphic measurement | ||||
| Grossman-Roudner device (11) | MD 3.61% (11) | 3-10 min (35,41) | Yes | 1 (35) |
| Qiao formula (42) | MD 3.89% (42) | N/A | Yes | 0 |
| Brown formula (43) | MD 5.54% (33) | N/A | Yes | 0 |
| Sigurdson formula (44) | R2 =0.89 (44) | N/A | Yes | 0 |
| BREAST-V formula (12) | R2 =0.73 (12) | N/A | Yes | 0 |
| 2D Imaging | ||||
| Mammogram (13) | 1.09-3.15% (45) | 20 min (41) | No | N/A |
| 3D Imaging | ||||
| CT (15) | CC 0.782-0.873 (16) | 90 min (46) | No | 390 (47) |
| MRI (16) | MD 1.1% (32) | 13-30 min (35,48) | No | 280-1,400 (35,49) |
MD, mean deviation; N/A, not available; CT, computed tomography; CC, correlation coefficient; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.