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Generating shapes by analogies: An application to hearing aid design

Unal, G. B., Nain, D., Slabaugh, G. G. & Fang, T. (2011). Generating shapes by analogies: An application to hearing aid design. Computer-Aided Design, 43(1), pp. 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.cad.2010.09.008

Abstract

3D shape modeling is a crucial component of rapid prototyping systems that customize shapes of implants and prosthetic devices to a patient’s anatomy. In this paper, we present a solution to the problem of customized 3D shape modeling using a statistical shape analysis framework. We design a novel method to learn the relationship between two classes of shapes, which are related by certain operations or transformation. The two associated shape classes are represented in a lower dimensional manifold, and the reduced set of parameters obtained in this subspace is utilized in an estimation, which is exemplified by a multivariate regression in this paper. We demonstrate our method with a felicitous application to the estimation of customized hearing aid devices.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Computer-Aided Design. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Computer-Aided Design, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2010.09.008.
Publisher Keywords: Shape estimation; Shape regression; Customized shape modeling; Statistical shape modeling; Hearing aid design
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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