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Basic notions of shape modelling

Shape modelling has become a very popular method for automated image analysis. Watch Marcel Lüthi explain the basic ideas behind shape modelling.

In this course, you will learn how to build mathematical models that characterise the typical variations of a class of shapes.

In this video we start our exploration of shape modelling by defining the basic notions of shape and shape family, and discuss how we can represent shapes as a set of contour or surface points.

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Statistical Shape Modelling: Computing the Human Anatomy

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