Classical Fourier analysis applied to a simple out-line: the bovine obturator foramen

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2012
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Kucherova, Irina
Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel
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Kucherova, Irina; Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel; . (2012) . Classical Fourier analysis applied to a simple out-line: the bovine obturator foramen. Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 2012, vol. 5, num. 2, p. 1-7. http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/47739.
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The purpose of this article it to pre-sent a procedure of shape charac-terisation using the classical Fourier analysis combined with image tech-niques. It was applied to the outline of the obturator foramen of the bo-vine pelvis. This outline was ex-tracted and characterised by an ordered series of harmonics, each harmonic being described by four coefficients. Step by step recon-structions of outlines using an in-creasing number of harmonics were then performed. Although the first seven harmonics reached 93.4 % of the cumulative power, the shape of the obturator foramen was already well described by the first harmonic. It seems that the classical Fourier analysis opens interesting perspec-tives for the study of simple osseous
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Journal of Veterinary Anatomy, 2012, vol. 5, num. 2, p. 1-7
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