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The influence of the scanning geometry on the accuracy of the TLS point-clouds was investigated in previous studies; however, a deeper analysis is needed to investigate their impact in the context of structural health monitoring. This paper aims to empirically assess the performance of the TLS in detecting surface anomalies, with respect to the scanning distance and angle of incidence in two cases: (i) when both the reference and deformed clouds are taken from the same scanning position, and (ii) the scans are from different positions. Furthermore, the paper examines the accuracy of estimating the depth of the anomaly using three cloud comparison techniques (i.e., C2C, C2M, and M3C2 methods). The results show that the TLS is capable of detecting the surface anomaly for distances between 2 and 30 m and angles of incidence between 90\u00b0 and 30\u00b0, with a tolerance of within a few millimeters. 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