ABSTRACT
Photogrammetrists who are interested in applications in human measurement will find that there are many papers in this field, and they are found in both biomedical and photogrammetric journals. They will also find that the authors have a variety of backgrounds, including medical, engineering and photogrammetry. The papers show that some of the photogrammetric systems are intended for short term medical use, others are used over longer terms; some systems emphasize simplicity and low cost while others are more sophisticated. To understand the distinctive characteristics and challenges of medical photogrammetric measurement, it is useful to first recognize some of the more common uses. Motion tracking, typically of the whole body but sometimes of just a part of the body, seems to dominate current applications. There is also a demand for static measurement of certain body regions, the back, the entire head, face, female breast, the hand, arm and foot, undertaken for disease detection, treatment, prosthesis fitting, anatomical research, ergonomic studies and so on. Occasionally, there is a requirement for measuring smaller and very specialized body areas such as the eye, ear, and
teeth, or part of the skin in the location of melanoma or wound. Finally, it is important to recognize the current major challenges faced in the dynamics of surgical monitoring in which the goal is to guide the surgeon during surgical interventions.
