Body surface area measurement with structured light

The image processing steps and algorithms used to recover the range data from a single camera image are outlined. Curve and surface representation and area computation methods are described. Calculating the area is done in five steps: camera and projector calibration; image capture and processing; reconstruction of the 3-D points by triangulation; segmentation of the area; and calculating the area. After combining the reconstructed 3-D locations and the segmented image, cubic splines are used to represent the surface area. Gaussian quadrature double integration is used to compute the area. Experimental results are included to show that the method is reliable and accurate. This system can be used as a reliable and accurate method to measure burn area.<
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