Human Body Shapes Anomaly Detection and Classification Using Persistent Homology

Accurate sizing systems of a population permit the minimization of the production costs of the textile apparel industry and allow firms to satisfy their customers. Hence, information about human body shapes needs to be extracted in order to examine, compare and classify human morphologies. In this p...

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Published in:	Algorithms Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 161
Main Authors:	de Rose, Steve, Meyer, Philippe, Bertrand, Frédéric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01-03-2023 MDPI
Subjects:	Algorithms Analysis Anomalies anomaly detection Classification Clothing industry Clustering Computer Science Data analysis Data science Datasets Females Homology Human anatomy Human body Information management machine learning Males morphotype persistent homology Production costs Sex discrimination Shape recognition topological data analysis anomaly detection clustering morphotype machine learning persistent homology topological data analysis
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Summary:	Accurate sizing systems of a population permit the minimization of the production costs of the textile apparel industry and allow firms to satisfy their customers. Hence, information about human body shapes needs to be extracted in order to examine, compare and classify human morphologies. In this paper, we use topological data analysis to study human body shapes. Persistence theory applied to anthropometric point clouds together with clustering algorithms show that relevant information about shapes is extracted by persistent homology. In particular, the homologies of human body points have interesting interpretations in terms of human anatomy. In the first place, anomalies of scans are detected using complete-linkage hierarchical clusterings. Then, a discrimination index shows which type of clustering separates gender accurately and if it is worth restricting to body trunks or not. Finally, Ward-linkage hierarchical clusterings with Davies–Bouldin, Dunn and Silhouette indices are used to define eight male morphotypes and seven female morphotypes, which are different in terms of weight classes and ratios between bust, waist and hip circumferences. The techniques used in this work permit us to classify human bodies and detect scan anomalies directly on the full human body point clouds rather than the usual methods involving the extraction of body measurements from individuals or their scans.
ISSN:	1999-4893 1999-4893
DOI:	10.3390/a16030161