Computer Graphics and Shape Diagnostics

The availability of stereophotometrically recorded human body data will permit us to better characterize three-dimensional shape, and to develop statistical techniques to take advantage of these mathematical characterizations. We have used whole-body data sets to simulate surface shape changes during body movements, and to provide surface contours for the design of anthropomorphic crash test manikins. Higher density face data are currently being used for surface contour comparisons, landmark spatial distribution analyses, and subregion delineations.