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The proposed system captures 3D geometric and color data on the plantar surface of the foot in a static standing pose using a commercial RGB-D camera. It detects the region of the foot surface in contact with the footplate by applying the clustering and Markov random field (MRF)-based image segmentation methods. The system computes the foot-arch parameters by analyzing the 2\/3D shape of the contact region. Validation experiments were carried out to assess the accuracy and repeatability of the system. The average errors for AI, AW, and AH estimation on 99 data collected from 11 subjects during 3 days were \u22120.17%, 0.95 mm, and 0.52 mm, respectively. Reliability and statistical analysis on the estimated foot-arch parameters, the robustness to the change of weights used in the MRF, the processing time were also performed to show the feasibility of the system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17081796","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,4]],"date-time":"2017-08-04T11:07:08Z","timestamp":1501844828000},"page":"1796","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["A Foot-Arch Parameter Measurement System Using a RGB-D Camera"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5157-9516","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sungkuk","family":"Chun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Spatial Optical Information Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Gwangju 61007, Korea"}]},{"given":"Sejin","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Division, LS Networks, Seoul 04386, Korea"}]},{"given":"Kyung-Ryoul","family":"Mun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Imaging Media Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea"}]},{"given":"Jinwook","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Imaging Media Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"355","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apergo.2004.11.001","article-title":"Effects of shoe inserts and heel height on foot pressure, impact force, and perceived comfort during walking","volume":"36","author":"Lee","year":"2005","journal-title":"Appl. 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