Image analysis system for acquiring three-dimensional contour of foot arch during balanced standing

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-157

  Lin, Chi Hsuan ^a   Chen, Jia Jin ^a   Wu, Chi Hsun ^a   Lee, Hsiao Yu ^b   Liu, Yuh Hwan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Convex hull; Foot arch; Footprint analysis

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; FOOT ARCHES; OPTICAL FOOTPRINTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTOURS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CAMERA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SMEAR; STANDING; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING;

FOOT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 2942716958     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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