Landmark matching on brain surfaces via large deformation diffeomorphisms on the sphere
Muge M. Bakircioglu, Sarang C. Joshi, Michael I. Miller · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999
This paper extends the diffeomorphic landmark matching as described by Joshi in IR2 and IR3 to spherical geometries. Spherical maps, which are in one-to-one correspondence with a cortical surface, are useful in visualization since they bring the buried cortex into full view and preserve topology.