Statistical Shape Modelling

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is intended for students and professionals with a Bachelor in computer science, medical imaging professionals and biological anthropologists, who are interested in top-notch research, scientific insights and a useful application. Although you can watch the videos, read the articles, and complete the tests and quizzes on mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets, you will have to install the free software Scalismo on your own workstation in order to use it – there is no online version available. In order to be able to do this, your computer should meet the following minimum system requirements: Windows (32bit/64bit), Mac OS X or Linux (64bit), 4GB of There are no special requirements for the graphic adapter. You can use the hashtag #FLstatisticalshapes to talk about this course on social media.

• Modelling families of anatomical shapes
• Basic theory of Gaussian Processes for modelling shape variations
• Usage of the shape modelling software Scalismo
• Building classical statistical shape models from example data
• Reconstruction of partially observed shapes
• Fitting statistical shape models to surfaces
• Establishing point-to-point correspondence between example shapes
• Fitting statistical shape models to images