Automatic segmenting and measurement on scanned human body

Purpose – This paper presents methods and algorithms to automatically segment and measure the human body.Design/methodology/approach – In the segmentation procedure, two different methods are designed to find the crotch point for the situation of non‐contacted thigh and contacted thigh, respectively. Three different methods: minimum distance algorithm, minimum inclination angle algorithm, and directional neighbor identification algorithm are introduced to search the branching points or triangle. In the body measurement procedure, a pre‐sorted circling method is designed for circumference measurement, and the basic principle of landmark acquisition has been discussed. These techniques are validated via testing over different type of scanned model.Findings – The results of automatic segmentation and body measurement have verified that our methods are efficient and versatile in processing different type of scanned body.Research limitations/implications – The accurate and automatic locating of wrist, ankle an...

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