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Spatial regression models overtwo-dimensional Riemannian manifolds

Bree EttingerJoint Work with Simona Perotto and Laura Sangalli

September 12, 2012

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Modeling wall shear stress

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• Wall shear stress modulus at the systolic peak on real inner carotidartery geometry affected by aneurysm

• data obtained by CFD, courtesy of the AneuRisk project

• Passerini, 2009, PhD Thesis, Politecnico di Milano

• http://mox.polimi.it/it/progetti/aneurisk/

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Angular flattening map

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A new coordinate system is defined by (s, r, θ)

s is the curvilinear abscissa along the artery centerline

θ the angle of the surface point with respect to the artery centerline.

r the artery radius

The domain is then reduced to the plane (s, θ ∗ r)

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Angular flattening map issues

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1. important factors of the parent vasculature are ignored

• the curvature

• the radius

2. the aneurysm must be removed

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Current smoothing methods for surface domains

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1. Nearest Neighbor Averaging (Hagler et al., 2006)

simple

2. Heat Kernel Smoothing (Chung et al., 2005)

inference

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Spatial Spline Regression model for non-planar domains

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• Data locations:

xi = (x1i, x2i, x3i); i = 1, . . . , n on a surface Σ ⊂ R3

• The model: zi = f(xi) + ǫi

ǫi are i.i.d. errors with E[ǫi] = 0 and V ar(ǫi) = σ2

f is a twice continuously differentiable real-valued function

• The estimate:

Jλ(f(x)) =n∑

i=1

(zi − f(xi))2 + λ

Σ

(∆Σf(x))2 dΣ

∆Σ - Laplace-Beltrami operator for functions on the surface Σ

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Spatial Spline Regression model for non-planar domains

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• Data locations:

xi = (x1i, x2i, x3i); i = 1, . . . , n on a surface Σ ⊂ R3

• The model: zi = f(xi) + ǫi or zi = w′

iβ + f(xi) + ǫi

ǫi are i.i.d. errors with E[ǫi] = 0 and V ar(ǫi) = σ2

f is a twice continuously differentiable real-valued function

β ∈ Rq is the vector of regression coefficients

wi = (wi1, . . . , wiq) is a q-vector of covariates

• The estimate:

Jλ(f(x)) =n∑

i=1

(

zi−w′

iβ − f(xi))2

+ λ

Σ

(∆Σf(x))2 dΣ

∆Σ - Laplace-Beltrami operator for functions on the surface Σ

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Spatial Spline Regression model for non-planar domains

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• Data locations:

xi = (x1i, x2i, x3i); i = 1, . . . , n on a surface Σ ⊂ R3

• The model: zi = f(xi) + ǫi

ǫi are i.i.d. errors with E[ǫi] = 0 and V ar(ǫi) = σ2

f is a twice continuously differentiable real-valued function

• The estimate:

Jλ(f(x)) =n∑

i=1

(zi − f(xi))2 + λ

Σ

(∆Σf(x))2 dΣ

∆Σ - Laplace-Beltrami operator for functions on the surface Σ

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The plan

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The plan

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Approximate the surface with a triangular mesh

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The plan

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Approximate the surface with a triangular mesh

Flatten via a conformal map

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The plan

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Approximate the surface with a triangular mesh

Flatten via a conformal map

Apply a modified SSR technique

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The flattening map

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We define a map X such that

X : Ω → Σ

u = (u, v) 7→ x = (x1, x2, x3)

where Ω is an open, convex and bounded set in R2.

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The flattening map

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We define a map X such that

X : Ω → Σ

u = (u, v) 7→ x = (x1, x2, x3)

where Ω is an open, convex and bounded set in R2.

Xu and Xv - column vectors of first order partial derivatives of X withrespect to u and v.

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The flattening map

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We define a map X such that

X : Ω → Σ

u = (u, v) 7→ x = (x1, x2, x3)

where Ω is an open, convex and bounded set in R2.

Xu and Xv - column vectors of first order partial derivatives of X withrespect to u and v.

For the map X to be conformal:

1. ‖Xu‖ = ‖Xv‖2. 〈Xu, Xv〉 = 0

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x1

x2

x3

v

u

x = (x1, x2, x3)

u = (u, v)

Σ

Ω

X

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x1

x2

x3

v

u

x = (x1, x2, x3)

u = (u, v)

Σ

Ω

X

X−1 (Flattening map)

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

−∆Σu = 0 on Σ

u = 0 on σ0

u = 1 on σ1

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

−∆Σu = 0 on Σ

u = 0 on σ0

u = 1 on σ1

−∆Σv = 0 on Σ

v(ζ) =∫ ζ

ζ0

∂u∂ν

ds on B

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

−∆Σu = 0 on Σ

u = 0 on σ0

u = 1 on σ1

−∆Σv = 0 on Σ

v(ζ) =∫ ζ

ζ0

∂u∂ν

ds on B

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

−∆Σu = 0 on Σ

u = 0 on σ0

u = 1 on σ1

−∆Σv = 0 on Σ

v(ζ) =∫ ζ

ζ0

∂u∂ν

ds on B

Finite

Elem

ents

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Flattening method

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(Haker et al., [5])

−∆Σu = 0 on Σ

u = 0 on σ0

u = 1 on σ1

−∆Σv = 0 on Σ

v(ζ) =∫ ζ

ζ0

∂u∂ν

ds on B

Finite

Elem

entsF

initeE

lements

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Laplace-Beltrami operator

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G := (∇X)′∇X =

(

‖Xu‖2 〈Xu, Xv〉〈Xv, Xu〉 ‖Xv‖2

)

=

(

g11 g12g21 g22

)

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Laplace-Beltrami operator

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G := (∇X)′∇X =

(

‖Xu‖2 〈Xu, Xv〉〈Xv, Xu〉 ‖Xv‖2

)

=

(

g11 g12g21 g22

)

Keep in mind:

G(u) := (∇X(u))′∇X(u) =

(

‖Xu(u)‖2 〈Xu(u), Xv(u)〉〈Xv(u), Xu(u)〉 ‖Xv(u)‖2

)

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Laplace-Beltrami operator

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G := (∇X)′∇X =

(

‖Xu‖2 〈Xu, Xv〉〈Xv, Xu〉 ‖Xv‖2

)

=

(

g11 g12g21 g22

)

W =√

det(G) =⇒ WdΩ = dΣ

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Laplace-Beltrami operator

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G := (∇X)′∇X =

(

‖Xu‖2 〈Xu, Xv〉〈Xv, Xu〉 ‖Xv‖2

)

=

(

g11 g12g21 g22

)

W =√

det(G) =⇒ WdΩ = dΣ

For (f X) ∈ C2(Ω):

∆Σf(x) =1

W

2∑

i,j=1

∂i(aij∂j(f X))

aij are the components of the positive definite symmetric matrix

A =

(

a11 a12a21 a22

)

= WG−1.

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Laplace-Beltrami operator

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G := (∇X)′∇X =

(

‖Xu‖2 〈Xu, Xv〉〈Xv, Xu〉 ‖Xv‖2

)

=

(

g11 g12g21 g22

)

W =√

det(G) =⇒ WdΩ = dΣ

For (f X) ∈ C2(Ω):

∆Σf(x) =1

W

2∑

i,j=1

∂i(aij∂j(f X))=1

W(u)

2∑

i,j=1

∂i(aij∂jf(X(u))

aij are the components of the positive definite symmetric matrix

A =

(

a11 a12a21 a22

)

= WG−1.

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Flattened model

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Over the planar domain Ω:

Jλ(f X) =

n∑

i=1

(

zi − f(X(ui)))2

+ λ

Ω

1

W

2∑

i,j=1

∂i(aij∂j(f X))

2

WdΩ

where X(ui) = xi.

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Flattened model

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Over the planar domain Ω:

Jλ(f X) =

n∑

i=1

(

zi − f(X(ui)))2

+ λ

Ω

1

W

2∑

i,j=1

∂i(aij∂j(f X))

2

WdΩ

where X(ui) = xi.

Conformal coordinates:

Jλ(f X) =n∑

i=1

(

zi − f(X(ui)))2

+ λ

Ω

(

1√W

∆(f X)

)2

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Properties

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Proposition 1 (Existence and uniqueness). The estimator f X thatminimizes Jλ(f X) over H2

n0(Ω) satisfies the following relation

µ′

nz = µ′

nfn + λ

Ω

(

1

W∆(µ X)

)(

1

W∆(f X)

)

WdΩ

for all µ with µ X ∈ H2n0(Ω). Moreover, the estimate f X is unique.

Reformulation in H1n0(Ω) =⇒ Finite Element Solution

µ′

nfn − λ

Ω

∇(γ X) ∇(µ X) dΩ = µ′

nz

Ω

(ξ X)(γ X)WdΩ+

Ω

∇(ξ X)∇(f X)dΩ = 0.

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Uncertainty quantification

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Inferential tools for the model:

• pointwise (simultaneous) confidence bands for f

• prediction intervals for new observations

• Generalized-Cross-Validation for the selection of λ

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Test functions

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(1) (2) (3)

50 test functions of the form:f(x, y, z) = a1 sin(2πx) + a2 sin(2πy) + a3 sin(2πz) + 1

Coefficients: a1, a2 and a3 randomly generated from i.i.d. N(1, 1).

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Noisy data

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(1) (2) (3)

zi = f(xi) + ǫi

ǫii.i.d.∼ N(0, 0.5)

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Simulations

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1. SSR models for non-planar domains

2. angular map + SSR models for planar domains

3. Iterative heat kernel smoothing

4. angular map+ Multivariate kernel smoothing regression

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SSR model for non-planar domains fit

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MSE Geometry 1 Geometry 2 Geometry 3SSR over non-planar domains 0.0196(0.0157) 0.0712(0.0677) 0.0661(0.0491)

SSR over planar domains 0.0301(0.0160) 0.1623(0.1463) 0.0743(0.0512)Iterative Heat Kernel Smoothing 0.0303(0.0448) 0.0625(0.0897) 0.1142(0.0748)Multivariate Kernel Smoothing 0.0343(0.0313) 0.1290(0.1380) 0.0843(0.0357)

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p-values Geometry 1 Geometry 2 Geometry 3SSR over non-planar vs. SSR over planar 4.965 × 10

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SSR over non-planar vs. Iterative Heat Kernel 1.542 × 10−9

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SSR over non-planar vs. Multivariate Kernel 3.895 × 10−10

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p-values Geometry 1 Geometry 2 Geometry 3SSR over non-planar vs. SSR over planar 4.965 × 10

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SSR over non-planar vs. Iterative Heat Kernel 1.542 × 10−9

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SSR over non-planar vs. Multivariate Kernel 3.895 × 10−10

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Iterative Heat Kernel vs. SSR over non-planar p-value = 0.1925

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Application to hemodynamic data

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Future projects

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zi = w′

iβ + f(xi) + ǫi

0. include covariates in themodel

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Future projects

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n∑

i=1

(zi − f(xi))2 + λ

Σ

PDEΣ dΣ

0. include covariates in themodel

1. change penalty

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Future projects

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0. include covariates in themodel

1. change penalty

2. dynamic in time

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Future projects

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• Patient 1:

• Patient 2:

0. include covariates in themodel

1. change penalty

2. dynamic in time

3. across patient variability

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Grazie!

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[1] Chung, M.K., Robbins, S.M., Dalton, K.M., Davidson, R.J., Alexander, A.L., Evans, A.C. (2005), “Cortical thickness analysis inautism with heat kernel smoothing,” NeuroImage, 25, 1256-1265.

[2] B. Ettinger, S. Perotto and L.M. Sangalli. Regression models for data distributed over non-planar domains. Tech. rep. N.22/2012,MOX, Dipartimento di Matematica “F.Brioschi,”Politecnico di Milano, Available athttp://mox.polimi.it/it/progetti/pubblicazioni. Submitted.

[3] B. Ettinger, S. Perotto and L.M. Sangalli. Spatial regression models over two-dimensional non-planar domains. work in progress

[4] Hagler, D. J., Saygin, A. P., and Sereno, M. I. (2006), “ Smoothing and cluster thresholding for cortical surface-based groupanalysis of fMRI data,” NeuroImage, 33, 1093-1103.

[5] Haker, S., Angenent, S., Tannenbaum, A., Kikinis, R. (2000), “ Nondistorting flattening maps and the 3-D visualization of colon CTimages”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., 19, 665-670.

[6] Passerini, T. (2009), “Computational hemodynamics of the cerebral circulation: multiscale modeling from the circle of Willis tocerebral aneurysms,” PhD Thesis. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Available at http://mathcs.emory.edu/.

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Acknowledgements Funding by MIUR FIRB Futuro in Ricerca research project “Advanced statistical and numerical methods for theanalysis of high dimensional functional data in life sciences and engineering”, and by the program Dote Ricercatore Politecnico diMilano - Regione Lombardia, research project “Functional data analysis for life sciences”.