Estimating skeleton from skin data for designing subject-specific knee braces

Abstract

Knee brace is a sports product or medical equipment that increases the stability in the dynamics of the knee. The proper design of a subject-specific knee brace should take her anatomical characteristics into account since they are influential to the knee dynamics. However, anatomical information is hidden under the skin, and obtaining such information is restricted to expensive equipments such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device or Computed Tomography (CT) scan device.