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A study on the development of image analysis instrument and estimation of mass, volume and center of gravity using CT image in Korean

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In this study, the body segment parameters of Koreans were estimated using two-dimensional CT images of cadavers. A software instrument was developed in this study for the image analyses. The software converts 2D images into 3D images and reconstructs the full-body image to automatically distinguish and divide it into fat, bone, and muscle tissues, depending on the body components. The body segments were manually separated by joints, and the software automatically calculated the average mass, volume, and center of gravity of the body segment, and the results were used to analyze the relationship between the body segments and the body characteristics and to build a regression model with statistical significance. The regression model can estimate the mass and volume of segments based on the gender, height, and weight. The software instrument was able to rapidly analyze full-body CT images, and it allows users to easily repeat the analysis.

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    Seong-Bin Park, Sa-Yup Kim, Joon-Ho Hyeong & Kyung-Ryul Chung

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Seong-Bin Park received his B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering from Dongeui University, Korea in 2007. He is currently a researcher in Wellness technology R&D center at Korea institute of industrial technology. His research interests include human performance, ergonomics design, and applied statistics.

Sa-Yup Kim received his B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Yeungnam University, Korea, in 2002. He received his M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Yonsei University, Korea in 2005. He is currently a senior researcher in Wellness technology R&D center at Korea institute of industrial technology. His research interests include aging, biomechanics.

Joon-Ho Hyeong received his B.S. and M.S. degree in industrial design engineering from Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea in 2007. He is currently a researcher in Wellness technology R&D center at Korea institute of industrial technology. His research interests include design engineering, goods design and biomechanics

Kyung-Ryul Chung received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1981. He received his M.S. and Ph.D in mechanical engineering from KAIST, Korea in 1987. He is currently a principal researcher in Wellness technology R&D center at Korea institute of industrial technology. His research interests include wellness system, system engineering and design engineering.

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Park, SB., Kim, SY., Hyeong, JH. et al. A study on the development of image analysis instrument and estimation of mass, volume and center of gravity using CT image in Korean. J Mech Sci Technol 28, 971–977 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-013-1168-6

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