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  2. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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    Body roundness index (BRI) is a calculated geometric index used to quantify an aspect of a person's individual body shape. Based on the principle of body eccentricity, it provides a rapid visual and anthropometric tool for health evaluation. [1] Introduced in 2013, the BRI calculation can be used to estimate total and visceral body fat.

  3. Anthropometry of the upper arm - Wikipedia

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    However, research in the 1980s used computed tomography to measure deep fat, and showed a lack of correlation between that and subcutaneous fat. However, for children and adolescents the skinfold and circumference measurements provide a fair assessment of total body fat because that is where most body fat lies during those stages of human ...

  4. Body composition - Wikipedia

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    A wide variety of body composition measurement methods exist. The gold standard measurement technique for the 4-compartment model consists of a weight measurement, body density measurement using hydrostatic weighing or air displacement plethysmography, total body water calculation using isotope dilution analysis, and mineral content measurement by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). [1]

  5. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Fistmele - the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended; Gradus - Ancient Roman step; Hand - breadth of a human hand; Klafter - German measure of outstretched hands; League - the distance a person can walk in an hour (by one definition) Orgyia - Ancient Greek fathom; Parasang - the distance an infantryman could march in a predefined ...

  6. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    In human body measurement, these three sizes are the circumferences of the bust, waist and hips; usually rendered as xx–yy–zz in inches, or centimeters. The three sizes are used mostly in fashion , and almost exclusively in reference to women, [ 1 ] who, compared to men, are more likely to have a narrow waist relative to their hips.

  7. 3D body scanning - Wikipedia

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    This in part due to the lack of ergonomic theory relating to how to identify key landmarks on the body morphology. [8] [9] The suitability of 3D body scanning is also context dependent as the measurements taken [10] and the precision of the machine [11] are highly relative to the task in hand rather than being an absolute. Additionally, a key ...

  8. Anthropometry - Wikipedia

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    High-resolution measurements of body surfaces were made using 3D Surface Anthropometry. This technology can capture hundreds of thousands of points in three dimensions on the human body surface in a few seconds. It has many advantages over the old measurement system using tape measures, anthropometers, and other similar instruments.

  9. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.