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Nanna Glerup

at IT-Univ i København

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2004 Paper

Asymmetry quantization and application to human mandibles

Nanna Glerup, Mads Nielsen, Jon Sporring, Sven Kreiborg

Proceedings Volume 5370, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535325

KEYWORDS: Image registration, Image segmentation, Reflection, Quantization, Skull, Bone, Surgery, Distance measurement, Pathology, Laser induced plasma spectroscopy

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All biological objects exhibit some degree of asymmetry, but for some parts of the human body, excessive asymmetry is a sign of pathology. Hence, the problem is to draw the line between categorization of objects being too asymmetric and objects exhibiting normal asymmetry. With a measure of asymmetry, the statistics on asymmetry for normal and pathological anatomical structures can be compared. Symmetry is a well-known mathematical group theoretical concept. In this paper, we will mathematically define the concept of weak symmetry, including topological symmetry, which serves as a basis for quantizing asymmetry. The methodology is based on non-rigid registration in the sense that the "size" of a diffeomorphism describes the amount of asymmetry. We will define this size in terms of the minimum biological work needed. That is, we evaluate how much work the biological system must carry out in order to make the object symmetrical; or identically, how much work has been carried out in order to make the ideal symmetrical object into the current (slightly) asymmetrical object. The quantization of asymmetry is validated on a set of normal (assumed near symmetrical) mandibles, and a set of pathological assumed non-symmetric mandibles exhibiting a statistically significant increase of asymmetry.

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