A functional approach for curve alignment and shape analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05632v1
• Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:55:14 GMT
• Title: A functional approach for curve alignment and shape analysis
• Authors: Issam-Ali Moindjié, Cédric Beaulac, Marie-Hélène Descary,
• Abstract summary: The shape $tildemathbfX$ of a random planar curve $mathbfX$ is what remains after removing deformation effects such as scaling, rotation, and parametrization.<n>Previous studies have focused on analyzing $tildebf X$ through discrete observations of the curve.
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• Abstract: The shape $\tilde{\mathbf{X}}$ of a random planar curve $\mathbf{X}$ is what remains after removing deformation effects such as scaling, rotation, translation, and parametrization. Previous studies in statistical shape analysis have focused on analyzing $\tilde{\bf X}$ through discrete observations of the curve ${\bf X}$. While this approach has some computational advantages, it overlooks the continuous nature of both ${\bf X}$ and its shape $\tilde{\bf X}$. It also ignores potential dependencies among the deformation variables and their effect on $\tilde{ \bf X}$, which may result in information loss and reduced interpretability. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework for analyzing $\bf X$ in the context of Functional Data Analysis (FDA). Basis expansion techniques are employed to derive analytic solutions for estimating the deformation variables such as rotation and reparametrization, thereby achieving shape alignment. The generative model of $\bf X$ is then investigated using a joint-principal component analysis approach. Numerical experiments on simulated data and the \textit{MPEG-7} database demonstrate that our new approach successfully identifies the deformation parameters and captures the underlying distribution of planar curves in situations where traditional FDA methods fail to do so.

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