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The technique has been widely used to analyse images of faces, mechanical assemblies and medical images (in 2D and 3D).

It is closely related to the [[Active Appearance Model]]. It is also known as a 'Smart Snake'<ref>{{citejournal| author=D.H. Cooper and T.F. Cootes and C.J. Taylor and D.H. Cooper and J. Graham| title=Active shape models - their training and application| journal=Computer Vision and Image Understanding| number=61| pages=38--59| year=1995}} [http://www.isbe.man.ac.uk/~bim/Papers/cviu95.pdf]</ref> method, since it is analog to an [[Active contour]] which would respect explicit shape constraints.

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