Generating shapes by analogies: An application to hearing aid design

Unal G., NAIN D., SLABAUGH G., FANG T.

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, vol.43, no.1, pp.47-56, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.cad.2010.09.008
  • Journal Name: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.47-56
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

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 (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved