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ArticleMedical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention2023

Mesh2SSM: From Surface Meshes to Statistical Shape Models of Anatomy.

Krithika Iyer, Shireen Elhabian

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Article in Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Probabilistic 3D Correspondence Prediction from Sparse Unsegmented Images.Machine learning in medical imaging. MLMI (Workshop) · 2025
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  3. Weakly Supervised Bayesian Shape Modeling from Unsegmented Medical Images.Shape in medical imaging : International Workshop, ShapeMI 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 6, 2024, Proceedings. ShapeMI (Workshop) (2024 : Marrakech, Morocco) · 2025
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  5. SCorP: Statistics-Informed Dense Correspondence Prediction Directly from Unsegmented Medical Images.Medical Image Understanding and Analysis. Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (Conference) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Krithika IyerScientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, SLC, UT, US.
Shireen ElhabianScientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, SLC, UT, US.

Funding

ShapeWorks in the CloudR01AR076120 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI ELHABIAN, SHIREEN YOUSSEF · 2019 to 2024
$2.7M
New 3D and 4D Image-Based Clinical Measures of Atrial Structural and Functional Remodeling in Atrial FibrillationR01HL135568 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI CATES, JOSHUA E, ELHABIAN, SHIREEN YOUSSEF · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
ShapeWorksStudio: An Integrative, User-Friendly, and Scalable Suite for Shape Representation and AnalysisU24EB029011 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI ELHABIAN, SHIREEN YOUSSEF · 2019 to 2023
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL135568NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR076120NIBIB NIH HHS U24 EB029011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Statistical shape modeling is the computational process of discovering significant shape parameters from segmented anatomies captured by medical images (such as MRI and CT scans), which can fully describe subject-specific anatomy in the context of a population. The presence of substantial non-linear variability in human anatomy often makes the traditional shape modeling process challenging. Deep learning techniques can learn complex non-linear representations of shapes and generate statistical shape models that are more faithful to the underlying population-level variability. However, existing deep learning models still have limitations and require established/optimized shape models for training. We propose Mesh2SSM, a new approach that leverages unsupervised, permutation-invariant representation learning to estimate how to deform a template point cloud to subject-specific meshes, forming a correspondence-based shape model. Mesh2SSM can also learn a population-specific template, reducing any bias due to template selection. The proposed method operates directly on meshes and is computationally efficient, making it an attractive alternative to traditional and deep learning-based SSM approaches.

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Point Distribution ModelsRepresentation LearningStatistical Shape Modeling

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PMID38659613
PMCPMC11036176

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