DocumentCode
442486
Title
Analyzing symmetry in biological systems
Author
Milner, David ; Hel-Or, Hagit ; Keren, Daniel ; Raz, Shmuel ; Nevo, Eviatar
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Haifa Univ., Israel
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
11-14 Sept. 2005
Lastpage
361
Abstract
This paper suggests a new measure of symmetry for bifurcating structures, which relies not only on topology and ordering, but also on quantitative properties (e.g. length of branches). This measure is based on the amount of energy required to symmetrize the structure, hence is especially suitable to biological structures. It is tested by its ability to differentiate between two classes of leaves.
Keywords
botany; computational geometry; bifurcating structures; biological structures; biological systems; quantitative properties; symmetry; Animal structures; Bifurcation; Biological system modeling; Biological systems; Length measurement; Mirrors; Plants (biology); Shape measurement; Topology; Veins;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Image Processing, 2005. ICIP 2005. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9134-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIP.2005.1529762
Filename
1529762
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