Event Diary
CRiSM Seminar - Adrian Bowman (Glasgow)
Location: A1.01
Prof Adrian Bowman, University of Glasgow
Surfaces, shapes and anatomy
Three-dimensional surface imaging, through laser-scanning or stereo-photogrammetry, provides high resolution data defining the shape of objects. In an anatomical setting this can provide invaluable quantitative information, for example on the success of surgery. Two particular applications are in the success of breast reconstruction and in facial surgery following conditions such as cleft lip and palate. An initial challenge is to extract suitable information from these images, to characterise the surface shape in an informative manner. Landmarks are traditionally used to good effect but these clearly do not adequately represent the very much richer information present in each digitised images. Curves with clear anatomical meaning provide a good compromise between informative representations of shape and simplicity of structure. Some of the issues involved in analysing data of this type will be discussed and illustrated. Modelling issues include the measurement of asymmetry and longitudinal patterns of growth.
A second form of surface data arises in the analysis of MEG data which is collected from the head surface of patients and gives information on underlying brain activity. In this case, spatiotemporal smoothing offers a route to a flexible model for the spatial and temporal locations of stimulated brain activity.