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Subject: shape-transform graphic programs
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Date: 25 Apr 88 04:52:02 GMT
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  The classic formA->formB shape mappings done 'freehand' by D'Arcy Thompson
decades ago have been made into algorithms using the tensor calculus by
Fred. Bookstein (U. Michigan) since 1975.  Does anyone know of academically
(or commercially) available software, ideally on a Macintosh, to implement
Bookstein's methods?  His recent co-authored book, titled something like
_Morphometry and Evolution_ (~1985) includes core elements as FORTRAN source,
but that's pretty rudimentary.
  I program extensively, but my interest here is an application (dissertation
data, involving point-point transforms, rather than contour-countour).
  Thanks!


Ron Goldthwaite / UC Davis, Psychology and Animal Behavior
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