A method for generating Pairwise Active Appearance Models (PAAMs) that characterize shape, appearance and motion of an object and using the PAAM to track the motion of an object is disclosed. A plurality of video streams is received. Each video stream includes a series of image frames
A system and method for defining and tracking a deformable shape of a candidate anatomical structure wall in a three dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. The shape of the candidate anatomical structure is represented by a plurality of labeled 3D landmark points. At least one 3D landmark
A method of registering and modeling a deformable shape in a digitized image is provided, comprising the steps of providing a measurement matrix W of N measurements of P points of a D-dimensional deformable shape, determining a basis number K for the N measurements, wherein K<N, and