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From Skin to Skeleton: A Statistical Shape Modelling Approach for Predicting Hand and Foot Bony Geometry.

Kate Duquesne^1,2, Adris Molnar³, Roel Huysentruyt^4,3

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. kate.duquesne@ugent.be.

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|October 30, 2025

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Statistical Shape Models (SSMs) can predict bone morphology from 3D body scans, offering a non-invasive alternative for musculoskeletal assessment. This method shows promise for accessible skeletal analysis without traditional imaging.

Keywords:

Foot Hand Skeleton prediction Statistical shape modeling

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Medical Imaging
Computational Anatomy

Background:

Conventional musculoskeletal assessment relies on costly, radiation-based imaging.
3D body scans offer potential for skeletal morphology screening but lack extremity detail.
Statistical Shape Models (SSMs) can infer detailed bone structure from surface data.

Purpose of the Study:

To leverage SSMs for estimating hand and foot bone position and orientation from 3D skin surface scans.
To develop a non-invasive method for musculoskeletal assessment using surface scans.
To evaluate the accuracy of SSM-based bone morphology prediction.

Main Methods:

Collected datasets of 140 feet and 79 hands with diverse morphologies and poses.
Created coupled skin-bone SSMs for each dataset.
Employed nested cross-validation to fit skin models to unseen data and infer bone structure.

Main Results:

Achieved a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 1.68 mm for feet, with highest errors at the hindfoot.
Achieved an MAE of 1.37 mm for hands, with largest deviations at carpal bones.
Demonstrated feasibility of predicting bone morphology from skin surfaces.

Conclusions:

SSM-based shape completion is a feasible method for predicting bone morphology from skin surfaces.
This approach offers a potential non-invasive and accessible alternative to traditional imaging for musculoskeletal assessments.
The study highlights the utility of SSMs in bridging the gap between external body scans and internal skeletal structure.