Template estimation in computational anatomy: Fréchet means top and quotient spaces are not consistent

SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1139-1169

  Devilliers, Loïc ^a   Allassonnière, Stéphanie ^b   Trouvé, Alain ^b   Pennec, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Consistency bias; Empirical fr chet mean; Fr chet mean; Group action; Hilbert space; Inconsistency; Manifold; Quotient space; Template

Indexed keywords

HILBERT SPACES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CONSISTENCY BIAS; GROUP ACTIONS; INCONSISTENCY; MANIFOLD; QUOTIENT SPACE; TEMPLATE;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 85024503079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19364954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/16M1083931     Document Type: Article

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