Statistical Shape and Deformation Analysis: Methods, Implementation and Applications contributes enormously to solving different problems in patient care and physical anthropology, ranging from improved automatic registration and segmentation in medical image computing to the study of genetics, evolution and comparative form in physical anthropology and biology. This book gives a clear description of the concepts, methods, algorithms and techniques developed over the last three decades that is followed by examples of their implementation using open source software. Applications of statistical shape and deformation analysis are given for a wide variety of fields, including biometry, anthropology, medical image analysis and clinical practice.

Book Information
ISBN 9780128104934
Author Guoyan Zheng
Format Paperback
Page Count 508
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1060g