title: Visualization of the variability of 3D statistical shape models by animation.
abstract: Models of the 3D shape of anatomical objects and the knowledge about their statistical variability are of great benefit in many computer assisted medical applications like images analysis, therapy or surgery planning. Statistical model of shapes have successfully been applied to automate the task of image segmentation. The generation of 3D statistical shape models requires the identification of corresponding points on two shapes. This remains a difficult problem, especially for shapes of complicated topology. In order to interpret and validate variations encoded in a statistical shape model, visual inspection is of great importance. This work describes the generation and interpretation of statistical shape models of the liver and the pelvic bone.
authors.affiliation: Zuse-Institute-Berlin, Takustr. 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lamecker
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seebass
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Hans-Christian
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hege
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deuflhard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology