Re: TO: Florida Parents who have Starbanded Babies

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As far as the accuracy of a scan goes, when Hannah was digitized,

they talked about the resolution of the cameras being very

important. The higher the resolution the better the quaility.

Especially if you look at Hannah's face in her digitzer pic (in her

folder) you can really see that her facial features are definitely

not as defined as they would be w/an actual cast (not that they cast

the face, lol, but for the sake of an example!). If you've ever

done a plaster mold of your baby's hand or foot from one of those

kits it's amazing--you can even see the wrinkles in baby's skin!

I'm sure a computer could never generate something so exact. CT is

working on making their digitzers that they will actually use in

clinics with much higher resolution cameras than was used on Hannah

to help capture these smaller detais, like suture ridges in heads

and parts of the ears. You could defnitely see where Hannah's ears

are in the scan we had done, but you don't have that level of fine

detail. Another thing they do to help improve the accuracy is

overlaying a few scans to be sure the scan doesn't miss any small

areas, like the tip of the nose or something. There would be a

magin of error in both methods really, but as long as the cast is

done correctly (allowed to dry long enough, etc)I should think it

would certainly the most accurate possible. However, I do think

scanning will be the wave of the future for sure b/c it allows you

to look at the facial features as well.

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad tomorrow!

Cape Cod, Ma

>

>

> > >> Hi Florida Parents!

> > >>

> > >> I just wanted to let you know that there are 2 Starscanners

in

> the

> > > State of Florida. There is

> > >> one in Miami and one in Orlando. I go to the Orthotist in

> Orlando,

> > > Steve . He says he

> > >> will scan babies heads in the Starband for $75.00 a visit. It

> is a

> > > GREAT way to see the

> > >> before and after results of the helmet therapy.

> > >>

> > >> My son, goes to an Orthotist in Tampa. In the beginning

of

> > > 's treatment, we

> > >> went to Steve in Orlando for the scan of 's head. We

just

> went

> > > to Orlando yesterday

> > >> for a 3 month scan check of 's head. I cannot believe the

> > > difference in the human

> > >> measurement vs. the Starscanner measurement! The scanner

> results

> > > show in detail the

> > >> amount of growth has had in the helmet! It was amazing

to

> > > see the comparison

> > >> photos of the before and now of 's head. The scanner is

2

> > > seconds and the child

> > >> doesn't have ANY stress! It is a piece of cake.

> > >>

> > >> I just wanted to share this information to the Florda parents

> who

> > > would like to do this

> > >> Starscanner. The Starscanner results is wonderful to have for

> your

> > > own records, it gives

> > >> piece of mind that the helmet is literally working, and the

> $75.00

> > > is reasonable because

> > >> you get the exact measurements! (I don't know if insurance

> would

> > > be billed or not)

> > >>

> > >> Just wanted to share!

> > >>

> > >> P.S. If anyone needs Steve 's information- just email

me! I

> > > also have photos of the

> > >> Starscanner in ph's photo album, if you would like

to

> > > check it out!

> > >>

> > >> Krissy

> > >> ph's mom

> > >> Starband 4/28/04

> > >> Palm Harbor, FL

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > For more plagio info