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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2010 Sep 18;39(1):249–259. doi: 10.1007/s10439-010-0165-5

Second-order curvature-based indices (calculation described in detail in Martufi et al.9)

Nomenclature Name Equation
GAA Area averaged Gaussian curvature
GAA=all elementsKjSjall elementsSj
MAA Area averaged Mean curvature
MAA=all elementsMjSjall elementsSj
GLN L2 norm of the Gaussian curvature
GLN=14πall elementsSj·all elements(Kj2Sj)
MLN L2 norm of the Mean curvature
MLN=14πall elements(Mj2Sj)