Shapes and diffeomorphisms /
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| Author / Creator: | Younes, Laurent, 1963- |
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| Imprint: | Heidelberg : Springer, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 434 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Applied mathematical sciences, 0066-5452 ; v. 171 Applied mathematical sciences (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) ; v. 171. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8893150 |
| Summary: | Shapes are complex objects to apprehend, as mathematical entities, in terms that also are suitable for computerized analysis and interpretation. This volume provides the background that is required for this purpose, including different approaches that can be used to model shapes, and algorithms that are available to analyze them. It explores, in particular, the interesting connections between shapes and the objects that naturally act on them, diffeomorphisms. The book is, as far as possible, self-contained, with an appendix that describes a series of classical topics in mathematics (Hilbert spaces, differential equations, Riemannian manifolds) and sections that represent the state of the art in the analysis of shapes and their deformations.A direct application of what is presented in the book is a branch of the computerized analysis of medical images, called computational anatomy. |
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| Item Description: | "A direct application of what is presented in the book is a branch of the computerized analysis of medical images called computational anatomy"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 434 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642120558 3642120555 |
| ISSN: | 0066-5452 ; |