Morphometric Tools for Landmark Data

Fred L. Bookstein

ISBN 10: 0521585988 / ISBN 13: 9780521585989

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 1997

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Morphometrics is the statistical study of biological shape and shape change. Its richest data are landmarks, points such as 'the bridge of the nose' that have biological names as well as geometric locations. This book is the first systematic survey of morphometric methods for landmark data. The methods presented here combine conventional multivariate statistical analysis with themes from plane and solid geometry and from biomathematics to support biological insights into the features of many different organs and organisms. This book will be of value to applied statisticians and geometers, as well as to all biological and biomedical researchers who need quantitative analyses of information from biomedical images.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Morphometric Tools for Landmark Data
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521585988
• ISBN 13: 9780521585989
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 815 grams

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Synopsis

Morphometrics is the statistical study of biological shape and shape change. Its richest data are landmarks, points, such as the bridge of the nose, that have biological names as well as geometric locations. This book is the first systematic survey of morphometric methods for landmark data.

Book Description

This book is the first systematic survey of morphometric methods for landmark data. It combines conventional multivariate statistical analysis with themes from plane and solid geometry and from biomathematics to support biological insights into the features of many different organs and organisms.