Abstract
The objective of our group, A01, is to develop mathematical foundations and fundamental technologies of multidisciplinary computational anatomy (MCA). A01 consists of three subgroups, A01-1, A01-2, and A01-3. The subgroup A01-1 aims to develop the mathematical foundations of the MCA, and the research topics include image registration and statistical inference. A01-2 aims to develop the fundamental technologies for integration of multiscale spatiotemporal morphology in MCA: Expanding conventional statistical shape models (SSM), the subgroup aims to, for example, construct new SSMs that bridge between images with different resolutions and/or different modalities. A01-3 aims to develop the fundamental technologies for integration of function and pathology in MCA: Integrating multimodal information, the subgroup aims to, for example, develop parametric representation of global and local shapes of organs with pathology staging. In the study of the above-mentioned topics, the subgroups collaborate together and A02 will apply the developed foundations and technologies to clinical systems. For the collaboration, the subgroups share clinical knowledge and medical images supplied by A03.
