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Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/105473, first published .
Pediatrician uses tablet to assess baby's head shape with mother watching.

Agreement and Screening Performance of an App-Based Cranial Shape Assessment Tool Compared With a 3D Scanner in Municipal Child Health Checkups in Japan: Instrument Validation Study

Agreement and Screening Performance of an App-Based Cranial Shape Assessment Tool Compared With a 3D Scanner in Municipal Child Health Checkups in Japan: Instrument Validation Study

Yui Honda   1 , MS ;   Mai Takeshita   2 , MHHS ;   Hiroki Kajita   3, 4 , MD, PhD ;   Yoriko Kotoku   5 , MS ;   Kayo Ueda   6 , MPH, PhD ;   Shigeharu Hosono   7, 8 , MD, PhD ;   Hiromi Eto   6 , PhD

1 Department of Reproductive Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

2 Department of Implementation Science in Public Health, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

3 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

4 Baby’s Head Reshaping Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

5 Department of Nursing Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

6 Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

7 Department of Pediatrics, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

8 Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Mai Takeshita, MHHS
  • Department of Implementation Science in Public Health
  • Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto University
  • Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku
  • Kyoto 6068501
  • Japan
  • Phone: 81 9069022390
  • Email: takeshita.mai.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp