A supervised correspondence method for statistical shape model building

The construction of statistical shape model (SSM) is an important research topic in medical imaging benefited from its robust and nature represent of anatomical structures. Place-march of corresponding landmarks is one of the major factors influencing 3D SSM quality. In this paper, we present a supervised correspondence method for fast building SSM, which includes two main steps, i.e., surface data alignment and landmarks specified based on surface parameterization. The framework is validated with statistical models of the liver constructed from contrast CT images. The experiment results demonstrate that the generated model is statistical and anatomically meaningful.