Modeling the variability of shapes of a human placenta

2007/11/06 by Michael Yampolsky, Yampolsky, Michael, Carolyn M. Salafia +9 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Computer Science · #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques #Graph Theory and Algorithms

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.0796

Abstract

While it is well-understood what a normal human placenta should look like, a deviation from the norm can take many possible shapes. In this paper we propose a mechanism for this variability based on the change in the structure of the vascular tree.

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