TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - A shape-based helmet fitting system for concussion protection
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Xingcheng Cai, 
A1  - Blostein, Dorothea
A1  - Saunders, Fraser W.
SP  - 4615
EP  - 4618
VL  - 2015
IS  - 
N2  - Helmets are widely used as protection against sports-related concussions. The degree of concussion protection offered by a helmet may be related to the fit between the helmet and head. This paper presents the design of a prototype helmet fitting recommendation system using shape-based helmet fitting. The shape-based helmet fitting system uses a Kinect sensor to scan a client's head and then compares the head shape to helmet shapes from a database of off-the-shelf helmets. A slice extraction method is used to compare a standard reference slice extracted from the head to a corresponding slice from the helmet. The degree to which the helmet fits the client's head is calculated and displayed to the user. The prototype system could potentially help a concussion expert make recommendations about helmet fit to clients, if more research about the effects of helmet fitting on concussion protection becomes available.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319422
ID  - ref1
ER  -