The Measurement of Biological Shape and Shape Change

One. Introduction: On the Absence of Geometry from Morphometrics.- First Part. The Measurement of Biological Shape.- Two. Shapes and Measures of Shape.- Three. Critique of an Applied Field: Conventional Cephalometrics.- Four. New Statistical Methods for Shape.- Second Part. The Measurement of Shape Change Using Biorthogonal Grids.- Five. The Study of Shape Transformation after D'Arcy Thompson.- Six. The Method of Biorthogonal Grids.- Seven. Examples of Biorthogonal Analysis.- Eight. Future Directions for Transformation Analysis.- Nine. Envoi.- Literature Cited.

Sommario

One. Introduction: On the Absence of Geometry from Morphometrics.- First Part. The Measurement of Biological Shape.- Two. Shapes and Measures of Shape.- Three. Critique of an Applied Field: Conventional Cephalometrics.- Four. New Statistical Methods for Shape.- Second Part. The Measurement of Shape Change Using Biorthogonal Grids.- Five. The Study of Shape Transformation after D'Arcy Thompson.- Six. The Method of Biorthogonal Grids.- Seven. Examples of Biorthogonal Analysis.- Eight. Future Directions for Transformation Analysis.- Nine. Envoi.- Literature Cited.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: F L Bookstein, F. L. Bookstein, Fred L. Bookstein
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.11.2012
• EAN: 9783540089124
• ISBN: 978-3-540-08912-4
• Pagine: 191
• Peso: 361 g
• Illustrazioni: VIII, 191 p.
• Serie: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics; Lecture Notes in Biomathematics
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Altro