Influence of Connecting Two Standalone Mobile Three-Dimensional Scanners on Accuracy Comparing with a Standard Device in Facial Scanning

Abstract

Objectives: In this study is investigated if bundling of two scanners leads to better accuracy in recording faces than a standard face-scanning device. Material and Methods: In a group of 28 volunteers, two test specimens were attached to their faces: one on their forehead and one turned 90° on their cheek. Each volunteer was scanned by FaceScan3D® and two bundled Artec EVA® scanners. The scans were aligned to a three-dimensional model of the test specimen, and the mean error was recorded. Length, width and angles between the test specimen’s planes were compared. Results: The mean deviation is significantly lower for the cheek test specimen in alignment (P 0.05) using FaceScan3D®. The aberration from the original angle between two sides of the test specimen is significantly lower measured with Artec EVA® for the angle between the front and the bottom plane of both test specimens (P 0.05) scanned with Artec EVA®. Conclusions: Compared to FaceScan3D®, two bundled Artec EVA® scanners provide different accuracies depending on the location of the measured parameters. The accuracy measured for both scanners is inside the range found in the literature.

Keywords

• dimensional measurement accuracy
• optical devices
• three-dimensional imaging