Modelling of human torso shape variation inferred by geometric morphometrics.

ABSTRACT: Traditional body measurement techniques are commonly used to assess physical health; however, these approaches do not fully represent the complex shape of the human body. Three-dimensional (3D) imaging systems capture rich point cloud data that provides a representation of the surface of 3D objects and have been shown to be a potential anthropometric tool for use within health applications. Previous studies utilising 3D imaging have only assessed body shape based on combinations and relative proportions of traditional body measures, such as lengths, widths and girths. Geometric morphometrics (GM) is an established framework used for the statistical analysis of biological shape variation. These methods quantify biological shape variation after the effects of non-shape variation-location, ro

SUBMITTER: Thelwell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8912174 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature