Overview of the geometries of shape spaces and diffeomorphism groups

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-97

  Bauer, Martin ^a   Bruveris, Martins ^b   Michor, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffeomorphism group; Landmark space; Manifolds of mappings; Riemannian geometry; Shape space; Surface matching

Indexed keywords

GEODESY;

DIFFEOMORPHISMS; LANDMARK SPACE; RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY; SHAPE SPACE; SURFACE MATCHING;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 85027954552     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: 15737683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-013-0490-z     Document Type: Article

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