| In the past, collecting accurate geometric data of human body parts has been extremely difficult due to the flexibility of the items and their oddly shaped structures. Until the recent advancement of digitizing technologies, acquiring data points within small levels of precision has been nearly impossible. The rapid advancement of computer technology has given rise to numerous automated reverse engineering methods that utilize a broad range of technologies to acquire data. These technologies provide extremely precise three-dimensional geometric information of nearly any item. The objective of this study is to extend the applications of reverse engineering technology from manufacturing industries to the biomedical industry. By obtaining nearly exact geometric data of human body tissues and structures, in a high-speed and inexpensive manner, potentially groundbreaking research becomes possible for applications in injury rehabilitation, injury, prevention, and strengthening. The primary advantage provided by scanning technologies is an improved quality of data. The completed objective of the research was to standardize the process of reverse engineering by developing detailed methodologies for reverse engineering human tissues and by developing algorithms to repair inevitable small data errors. |
