Extracting geometric models of muscles from the visible human data

Muscle simulation should be an important component of human modelling, but to date there have been few attempts to demonstrate muscle structures in an anatomically-correct way. This paper proposes a feature-based approach to muscle modelling which attempts to provide models for human musculature based on the real anatomical structures. These models provide a good visual description and form a sound basis for further developments towards medically-accurate simulation of human bodies. To allow for the wide variety of muscle shapes encountered in the body, the geometric models are based on muscle features identified from radiological data. These results are realistic models with correct anatomical structures