Talk:Shape analysis (digital geometry)

Merger discussion
I suggest to merge this article with Statistical shape analysis. Muhali (talk) 02:56, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I added merge tags, but I have no opinion on wether or not the articles should in face be merged. —Ruud 14:16, 29 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Shape Analysis is not necessarily statistical. You can compare two shapes or try to find a single or similar shapes in a database (i.e. database retrieval). Of course on top of any shape analysis it is possible to add statistics to compare classes of shapes (globally: how different are the groups, how well can the shape be used to classify a subject; or locally: where do shapes differ most, etc). Currently, the split between the two pages is not optimal. Statistical shape anlysis talks about procrustes method, which still has it's application, but is a little outdated. That part should be merged into this article. Then the statistical shape analysis article should discuss more the different approaches how to compare shapes across populations (which is specific for each shape signature/descriptor, but common approaches exist). Tinus74 (talk) 17:03, 27 February 2012 (UTC)