A method for making a compression garment customised for an individual patient in need of compression therapy, the method comprising: a) selecting a body part or body area of interest in the patient in need of compression thereby, the body part or body area having a surface morphology of that patient; b) acquiring digital images of the selected body part or body area, wherein the digital images are acquired by an operator moving an imaging device around the selected body part or body area of interest, wherein the imaging device is free to move around the selected body part or body area with six degrees of freedom, unconstrained by a mounting or support assembly and the image is reviewed by an operator who is acquiring the images in real time or the image acquisition process is reviewed remotely substantially in real time facilitating detailed imaging of the patient's body part or body area to generate measurement information and imaging to be adjusted for complexities in the surface morphology of patients with complex morphology; c) processing the digital images by a computing device, wherein: i) the processing of the digital images comprises generating shape description information for the selected body part or body area; ii) the generated shape description information comprises mathematically accurate geometric information for the selected body part or body area, the mathematically accurate geometric information being associated with the specific surface morphology of the selected body part or body area of the patient to provide anthropometric measurements; and iii) anthropometric measurement information for the selected body part or body area suitable for use in the fabrication of the compression garment customised for the selected body part or body area is derived from the shape description information; d) providing at least one compression value identified as therapeutically appropriate to provide compression therapy to the patient when the at least one compression value is incorporated into a compression garment fabricated from the measurement information; and e) fabricating the compression garment from the measurement information, wherein the fabricated compression garment incorporates the provided compression value, thereby providing a compression garment customised for the specific body part or area of the patient. a) selecting a body part or body area of interest in the patient in need of compression thereby, the body part or body area having a surface morphology of that patient; b) acquiring digital images of the selected body part or body area, wherein the digital images are acquired by an operator moving an imaging device around the selected body part or body area of interest, wherein the imaging device is free to move around the selected body part or body area with six degrees of freedom, unconstrained by a mounting or support assembly and the image is reviewed by an operator who is acquiring the images in real time or the image acquisition process is reviewed remotely substantially in real time facilitating detailed imaging of the patient's body part or body area to generate measurement information and imaging to be adjusted for complexities in the surface morphology of patients with complex morphology; c) processing the digital images by a computing device, wherein: i) the processing of the digital images comprises generating shape description information for the selected body part or body area; ii) the generated shape description information comprises mathematically accurate geometric information for the selected body part or body area, the mathematically accurate geometric information being associated with the specific surface morphology of the selected body part or body area of the patient to provide anthropometric measurements; and iii) anthropometric measurement information for the selected body part or body area suitable for use in the fabrication of the compression garment customised for the selected body part or body area is derived from the shape description information; i) the processing of the digital images comprises generating shape description information for the selected body part or body area; ii) the generated shape description information comprises mathematically accurate geometric information for the selected body part or body area, the mathematically accurate geometric information being associated with the specific surface morphology of the selected body part or body area of the patient to provide anthropometric measurements; and iii) anthropometric measurement information for the selected body part or body area suitable for use in the fabrication of the compression garment customised for the selected body part or body area is derived from the shape description information; d) providing at least one compression value identified as therapeutically appropriate to provide compression therapy to the patient when the at least one compression value is incorporated into a compression garment fabricated from the measurement information; and e) fabricating the compression garment from the measurement information, wherein the fabricated compression garment incorporates the provided compression value, thereby providing a compression garment customised for the specific body part or area of the patient.