Detailed Anatomical Orientations for Certain Types of Morphometric Measurements Can Be Determined Automatically With Geometric Algorithms

Algorithms to automatically quantify the geometric similarity of anatomical surfaces

We describe approaches for distances between pairs of two-dimensional surfaces (embedded in three-dimensional space) that use local structures and global information contained in interstructure geometric relationships. We present algorithms to automatically determine these distances as well as geometric correspondences. This approach is motivated by the aspiration of students of natural science...

Can Decision Procedures be Learnt Automatically?

In this paper we present an investigation into whether and how can decision procedures be learnt automatically. Our approach consists of two stages. First, a refined brute-force search procedure applies exhaustively a set of given elementary methods to try to solve a corpus of conjectures generated by a stochastic context-free grammar. The successful proof traces are saved. In the second stage,...

Can Terminological Consistency be Validated Automatically?

A scheme for automatically building three-dimensional morphometric anatomical atlases: application to a skull atlas

We present a general scheme for automatically building a morphometric anatomical atlas. We detail each stage of the method, including the non-rigid registration algorithm, three-dimensional line averaging and statistical processes. We apply the method to obtain a quantitative atlas of skull crest lines. Finally, we use the resulting atlas to study a craniofacial disease; we show how we can obta...

A General Scheme for Automatically Building 3D Morphometric Anatomical Atlases: application to a Skull Atlas

In this research report, we present a general scheme for building entirely automatically a morphometric anatomical atlas from 3D medical images (CT-Scan, Magnetic Resonance Imagery). We detail each step of the method, including the non-rigid registration algorithm, 3D feature lines averaging, and statistical processes. We apply the method to obtain a quantitative atlas of crest lines of the sku...