Wavelet-based representation of biological shapes

B Dong, Y Mao, ID Dinov, Z Tu, Y Shi, Y Wang… - Advances in Visual …, 2009 - Springer
Modeling, characterization and analysis of biological shapes and forms are important in
many computational biology studies. Shape representation challenges span the spectrum …

Cortical surface shape analysis based on spherical wavelet transformation

P Yu, X Han, F Ségonne, R Pienaar… - 2006 Conference on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Shape analysis of neuroanatomical structures has proven useful in the study of
neuropathology and neurodevelopment. Advances in medical imaging have made it …

Multiscale 3-d shape representation and segmentation using spherical wavelets

D Nain, S Haker, A Bobick… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel multiscale shape representation and segmentation algorithm
based on the spherical wavelet transform. This work is motivated by the need to compactly …

Applications of wavelets in morphometric analysis of medical images

C Davatzikos, X Tao, D Shen - Wavelets: Applications in …, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Morphometric analysis of medical images is playing an increasingly important role in
understanding brain structure and function, as well as in understanding the way in which …

[PDF][PDF] Local Shape Representation in 3D: from Weighted Spherical Harmonics to Spherical Wavelet.

CJ Du, JG Ferguson, PT Hawkins, LR Stephens… - BMVC, 2012 - projet.liris.cnrs.fr
Both weighted spherical harmonics (SPHARM) and spherical wavelets (SW) have been
used for local shape representation of biological structures. In this paper, we shed light on …

Morphometrical data analysis using wavelets

CM Takemura, RM Cesar-Jr, RAT Arantes, LF Costa… - Real-Time Imaging, 2004 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a new shape analysis approach using the well-known wavelet
transform and exploring shape representation by landmarks. First, we describe the approach …

Shape characterization with the wavelet transform

JP Antoine, D Barachea, RM Cesar Jr… - Signal Processing, 1997 - Elsevier
We present a new approach to the problem of two-dimensional multiscale shape
representation and analysis, based on the one-dimensional continuous wavelet transform …

Shape versus size: Improved understanding of the morphology of brain structures

G Gerig, M Styner, ME Shenton… - Medical Image Computing …, 2001 - Springer
Standard practice in quantitative structural neuroimaging is a segmentation into brain tissue,
subcortical structures, fluid space and lesions followed by volume calculations of gross …

Statistical shape analysis of brain structures using spherical wavelets

D Nain, M Styner, M Niethammer… - 2007 4th IEEE …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel method of statistical surface-based morphometry based on the use of
non-parametric permutation tests and a spherical wavelet (SWC) shape representation. As …

Multi-resolutional shape features via non-Euclidean wavelets: Applications to statistical analysis of cortical thickness

WH Kim, V Singh, MK Chung, C Hinrichs, D Pachauri… - NeuroImage, 2014 - Elsevier
Statistical analysis on arbitrary surface meshes such as the cortical surface is an important
approach to understanding brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Surface …