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Morphometrics

Index Morphometrics

Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή morphe, "shape, form", and -μετρία metria, "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of form, a concept that encompasses size and shape. [1]

38 relations: Acetone, Allometric engineering, Allometry, Ancient Greek, Brain, Brain morphometry, Computational anatomy, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Diffeomorphometry, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Ellipse, Ethanol, Foramen, Fourier analysis, Geometric morphometrics in anthropology, Geomorphometry, JSTOR, Landmark point, Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping, Meristics, Microscope, Neuroimaging, Ontogeny, Paleobiology (journal), Paleontological Society, Phylogenetic comparative methods, Phylogenetics, Principal component analysis, Procrustes analysis, Scapula, Society of Systematic Biologists, Staining, Suture (geology), Systematic Biology, Terrain, Thin plate spline, Trephine, Voxel-based morphometry.

Acetone

Acetone (systematically named propanone) is the organic compound with the formula (CH3)2CO.

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Allometric engineering

Allometric engineering is the process of experimentally shifting the scaling relationships, for body size or shape, in a population of organisms.

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Allometry

Allometry is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour, first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form and by Julian Huxley in 1932.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

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Brain morphometry

Brain morphometry is a subfield of both morphometry and the brain sciences, concerned with the measurement of brain structures and changes thereof during development, aging, learning, disease and evolution.

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Computational anatomy

Computational anatomy is an interdisciplinary field of biology focused on quantitative investigation and modelling of anatomical shapes variability.

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 May 1860 – 21 June 1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar.

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Diffeomorphometry

Diffeomorphometry is the metric study of imagery, shape and form in the discipline of computational anatomy (CA) in medical imaging.

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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

In linear algebra, an eigenvector or characteristic vector of a linear transformation is a non-zero vector that changes by only a scalar factor when that linear transformation is applied to it.

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Ellipse

In mathematics, an ellipse is a curve in a plane surrounding two focal points such that the sum of the distances to the two focal points is constant for every point on the curve.

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Ethanol

Ethanol, also called alcohol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, and drinking alcohol, is a chemical compound, a simple alcohol with the chemical formula.

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Foramen

In anatomy, a foramen (pl. foramina) is any opening.

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Fourier analysis

In mathematics, Fourier analysis is the study of the way general functions may be represented or approximated by sums of simpler trigonometric functions.

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Geometric morphometrics in anthropology

The study of geometric morphometrics in anthropology has made a major impact on the field of morphometrics by aiding in some of the technological and methodological advancements.

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Geomorphometry

Geomorphometry, or geomorphometrics, is the science of quantitative land surface analysis.

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JSTOR

JSTOR (short for Journal Storage) is a digital library founded in 1995.

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Landmark point

In morphometrics, landmark point or shortly landmark is a point in a shape object in which correspondences between and within the populations of the object are preserved.

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Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping

Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping (LDDMM) is a specific suite of algorithms used for diffeomorphic mapping and manipulating dense imagery based on diffeomorphic metric mapping within the academic discipline of Computational anatomy, to be distinguished from its precursor based on diffeomorphic mapping.

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Meristics

Meristics is an area of ichthyology which relates to counting quantitative features of fish, such as the number of fins or scales.

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Microscope

A microscope (from the μικρός, mikrós, "small" and σκοπεῖν, skopeîn, "to look" or "see") is an instrument used to see objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye.

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Neuroimaging

Neuroimaging or brain imaging is the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the nervous system.

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Ontogeny

Ontogeny (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism, usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to the organism's mature form—although the term can be used to refer to the study of the entirety of an organism's lifespan.

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Paleobiology (journal)

Paleobiology is a scientific journal promoting the integration of biology and conventional paleontology, with emphasis placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns.

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Paleontological Society

The Paleontological Society, formerly the Paleontological Society of America, is an international organisation devoted to the promotion of paleontology.

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Phylogenetic comparative methods

Phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) use information on the historical relationships of lineages (phylogenies) to test evolutionary hypotheses.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.

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Principal component analysis

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a statistical procedure that uses an orthogonal transformation to convert a set of observations of possibly correlated variables into a set of values of linearly uncorrelated variables called principal components.

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Procrustes analysis

In statistics, Procrustes analysis is a form of statistical shape analysis used to analyse the distribution of a set of shapes.

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Scapula

In anatomy, the scapula (plural scapulae or scapulas; also known as shoulder bone, shoulder blade or wing bone) is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).

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Society of Systematic Biologists

The Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) started as the Society of Systematic Zoology in 1947.

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Staining

Staining is an auxiliary technique used in microscopy to enhance contrast in the microscopic image.

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Suture (geology)

In structural geology, a suture is a joining together along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic and paleogeographic histories.

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Systematic Biology

Systematic Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Systematic Biologists.

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Terrain

Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface.

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Thin plate spline

Thin plate splines (TPS) are a spline-based technique for data interpolation and smoothing.

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Trephine

A trephine (from Greek trypanon, meaning an instrument for boring) is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade.

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Voxel-based morphometry

Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) is a neuroimaging analysis technique that allows investigation of focal differences in brain anatomy, using the statistical approach of statistical parametric mapping.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphometrics

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