A Quantitative Approach To Skeletal Morphology : Fourier Analysis

Pete E. Lestrel

doi:10.1117/12.956931

29 July 1980 A Quantitative Approach To Skeletal Morphology : Fourier Analysis

Pete E. Lestrel

Proceedings Volume 0166, NATO Symposium on Applications of Human Biostereometrics; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956931
Event: NATO Symposium on Applications of Human Biostereometrics, 1978, Paris, France

Abstract

A brief discussion of some of the problems inherent in the quantitative description of complex morphological forms is presented. These include: 1) an accurate measurement of shape, 2) the removal of the confounding effect of size and 3) the application of the procedures of positional orientation and size standardization so that morphological forms can be meaningfully compared. The suitability of Fourier analysis to characterize complex forms of the type encountered in biology is described.

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Pete E. Lestrel "A Quantitative Approach To Skeletal Morphology : Fourier Analysis", Proc. SPIE 0166, NATO Symposium on Applications of Human Biostereometrics, (29 July 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956931

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