XIII Congress of the 
International Society for Photogrammetry 
Helsinki, 1976 
Commission V 
Invited Paper 
Biostereometrics 
A review of the presented papers. 
HE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of Photogram- 
metry Commission V Symposium: “Bio- 
stereometrics '74" held in Washington, D.C., 
September 10-13, 1974, was hosted by the 
American Society of Photogrammetry in con- 
junction with the XIV International Congress 
of Surveyors. The Proceedings published by 
the ASP contain complete manuscripts of all 
papers presented at the symposium, except 
for a few which missed the printer's dead- 
line.* In this report I will summarize the 
presentations, mention some of the high- 
lights, and make a few personal comments. 
For the benefit of readers who are unfamil- 
iar with the term “biostereometrics,” perhaps 
a definition would be helpful. Biostereomet- 
rics is the spatial and spatio-temporal analy- 
sis of biological form and function based on 
principles of analytic geometry. The primary 
tools of biostereometrics are stereophotog- 
raphy, holography, interferometry and other 
three-dimensional form sensing techniques 
which yield signals, imagery, or other data 
which can be readily handled by modern 
stereoplotters, comparators, computers, and 
related data processing and display devices. 
The major components of the symposium 
were seven technical sessions, an informal 
forum, and a speaker’s luncheon. 
Session I on “Biostereometric Systems” 
opened with a series of welcomes from ISP 
President, Dr. S.G. Gamble, Commission V 
President, Dr. H.M. Karara, and the Program 
Chairman, Dr. R.E. Herron. 
In the first paper, Dr. Karara, University of 
* Copies are available from ASP Headquarters, 
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22046, USA. The price for ASP members is $7.50 
and for non-members $12.50. 
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING, 
Vol. 42, No. 1, January 1976, pp. 51-56. 
R. E. HErron, PH. D. 
Baylor College of Medicine 
Houston, TX 77025, USA 
‘74—A Report 
Illinois, reviewed recent developments in 
the design of photogrammetric systems for 
use in biostereometrics. He stressed the need 
for close cooperation between photogram- 
metric engineers and biomedical specialists 
in order to ensure future expansion of the 
field. 
L.F.H. Beard of Addenbrooke's Hospital, 
Cambridge, England, in a paper co-authored 
by P.F. Dale, K.B. Atkinson, H.J. Law, and 
A.R. Elkington, described the design and use 
of a hand-held stereometric camera which 
promises to make stereometric analysis more 
widely accessible for hospital and other clin- 
ical use. 
Professor J.R. Cuzzi, Baylor College of 
Medicine, Houston, USA, outlined an auto- 
matic system for stereometric analysis based 
on the possibility of controlling the object, 
the photographic conditions and the neces- 
sary elements of orientation. 
Dr. W. Faig, University of New Brunswick, 
Canada, described an analytical plotter sys- 
tem and derivation of the pertinent equations 
for precision mapping ofa close-range object. 
W.J. Iams of Memorial University of New- 
foundland, St. Johns, Canada, in a paper co- 
authored by Dr. John W. Evans, described 
how a photogrammetric system has been 
used to monitor interactions of organisms and 
rock substrate over a three-year period along 
the Barbados coastline. 
Col. M. Kurtz, U.S. Army, read a paper au- 
thored by Dr. E.M. Mikhail, Purdue Univer- 
sity, USA, concerning the growing potentials 
of hologrammetry in biostereometrics. 
Examples involving the use of holograms and 
holographic stereomodels were described 
and compared. 
G. Voss, Jenoptik, Jena G.m.b.H., German 
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