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On the geometry of multivariate generalized Gaussian models
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This paper concerns the geometry of the zero-mean multivariate generalized Gaussian distribution (MGGD) and the calculation of geodesic distances on the MGGD manifold. The MGGD is a suitable distribution for the modeling of multivariate (color, multispectral, vector and tensor images, etc.) image wavelet statistics. Expressions are derived for the Fisher-Rao metric for the zero-mean MGGD model. A closed-form expression is obtained for the geodesic distance on the submanifolds characterized by a fixed MGGD shape parameter. Suitable approximate solutions to the geodesic equations are presented in the case of MGGDs with varying shape parameters. An application to image texture similarity measurement in the wavelet domain is briefly discussed, comparing the performance of the geodesic distance and the Kullback-Leibler divergence.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of mathematical imaging and vision. - Beijing
Publication
Beijing : 2012
ISSN
0924-9907
DOI
10.1007/S10851-011-0297-8
Volume/pages
43 :3 (2012) , p. 180-193
ISI
000302346300002
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