Inspec keywords: shape recognition; finite element analysis; minimisation; convex programming; elastic deformation; elasticity; image matching

Other keywords: shape symmetric difference minimisation; cost function; finite element method; external boundary forces; convex problem sequence; linearised elasticity theory; nonlinear optimisation problem; elasticity-based matching; elastic deformation; optimisation procedure

Subjects: Image recognition; Optimisation techniques; Computer vision and image processing techniques; Optimisation techniques; Finite element analysis; Finite element analysis