Laplace-beltrami nodal counts: A new signature for 3D shape analysis

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 694-697

  Lai, Rongjie ^a   Shi, Yonggang ^b   Dinov, Ivo ^b   Chan, Tony F ^a   Toga, Arthur W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenfunction; Laplace beltrami; Nodal counts; Shape

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D SHAPE ANALYSIS; ANATOMICAL SHAPE; BELTRAMI; COMPACT REPRESENTATION; EIGENFUNCTION; EIGENVALUES; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; LAPLACE-BELTRAMI; LAPLACE-BELTRAMI OPERATOR; NEW APPROACHES; NODAL COUNTS; SHAPE; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 70449344448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2009.5193142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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