Global Medical Shape Analysis Using the Laplace-Beltrami Spectrum

M. Niethammer, M. Reuter, F. Wolter, S. Bouix, N. Peinecke, M. Koo, M. E. Shenton
miccai
Volume 4791, Pages 850-857
October, 2007

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Abstract

This paper proposes to use the Laplace-Beltrami spectrum (LBS) as a global shape descriptor for medical shape analysis, allowing for shape comparisons using minimal shape preprocessing: no registration, mapping, or remeshing is necessary. The discriminatory power of the method is tested on a population of female caudate shapes of normal control subjects and of subjects with schizotypal personality disorder.

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Reference

Niethammer M, Reuter M, Wolter F, Bouix S, Peinecke N, Koo M, Shenton ME. Global medical shape analysis using the laplace-beltrami spectrum. In miccai, volume 4791 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 2007;850-857.

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shapeanalysis