Be careful to dampen the displacement along the tangents, as there is no
surface to project the landmarks back to. Using Morpho, you can control
this using the parameter "stepsize".
Best
Stefan

On 06/12/16 19:21, Lawrence Fatica wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am working on a project examining shape variation in the pelvis. I
> used IDAV Landmark to place four curves of five semilandmarks each (as
> well as several fixed landmarks) along the major contours of the
> pelvis. I plan on doing the analysis in R, but I am unsure what my
> options are for semilandmarks sliding along curves. I am particularly
> concerned that the semilandmarks will slide along their tangents and
> off the bone when using sliding protocols that do not include the 3D
> mesh itself.
>
> Is this something I should be worried about? Has anyone else had
> success using sliding semilandmarks along curves?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight,
>
> Lawrence
>
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