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Abstract

A method and system for archiving 3D geometry information for a plurality of subjects, and on a particular part of the body (which may also be the whole body) is described. The method and system allow an organizing and an analyzing step, resulting in scalable characteristic components for the particular part of the body, and an approximation of the geometry of that particular part of the body for a specific subject by a combination of a subset of those characteristic components with corresponding scale factors, which are then stored. The method comprises the steps of: *organizing for each of said plurality of subjects the 3D geometry information according to a predetermined standard, thus obtaining organized 3D geometry information; analyzing the organized 3D geometry information of said plurality of subjects, resulting in averaged 3D geometry information of said particular part of the body; and—scalable characteristic components of said particular part of the body; such that for each of said plurality of subjects said organized 3D geometry information can be approximated by a combination of said scalable characteristic components relative to said averaged 3D geometry information; comparing, for at least one out of said plurality of subjects, said organized 3D geometry information with said averaged 3D geometry information and determining a subset of said scalable characteristic components and corresponding scale factors, for approximating to a given accuracy said organized 3D geometry information relative to said averaged 3D geometry information by a combination of said scalable characteristic components out of said subset, each characteristic component scaled with its corresponding scale factor; storing, for at least one specific subject out of said plurality of subjects, said approximated organized 3D geometry information by storing—said averaged 3D geometry information; —said subset of said scalable characteristic components and said corresponding scale factors for said specific subject.

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