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- From: susanm@an.hp.com (Susan Margulies)
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- Subject: Image Correlation Question
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:11:44 GMT
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- [ Article crossposted from sci.image.processing ]
- [ Author was Susan Margulies ]
- [ Posted on 5 Jan 1993 09:09:06 -0600 ]
-
- Thanks for the responses to my image correlation question which convinced
- me that the NMR article defines the correlation coefficient under the
- assumption of an image with zero mean even though they don't specify it.
- However, such an assumption doesn't hold for the ultrasound images I am
- working with.
-
- My problem is that when I take a 3rd order linear predictive equation:
-
- U'_i,j = A1 * U_i-1,j + A2 * U_i,j-1 + A3 * U_i-1,j-1
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- and then minimize the expected value of the square prediction error:
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- E[(U_i,j - U'_i,j)^2]
-
- I get equations for A1, A2, and A3 which have factors in them of the
- form used in the NMR article to define rho(x,y), namely:
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- E(U_i,j U_i-x,j-y)
- ------------------
- E(U_i,j^2)
-
- My dilemma then reduces to:
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- Can I safely use these A1, A2, and A3 with an image with a non-zero
- mean???
-
- If the answer is no, then I understand the discrepancy
- between the two definitions of rho(x,y). However, if the answer is
- yes, which I don't see how it *couldn't* be given that all I am
- doing is computing some image statistics, a linear predictor, and
- coefficients to minimize the MSE of said predictor, then there is
- a definite discrepancy in the two definitions.
-
- So am I missing something inherent in either my 3rd order linear
- prediction equation or the process of minimizing the mean square
- prediction error which constrains me to using images of zero mean?
-
- Another thing which I have realized - when I compute rho(x,y) using
- the NMR definition, I get numbers greater than 1 which implies gain
- exists in the prediction. When I compute rho(x,y) using the
- definition which subtracts the square of the first moment from
- numerator and denominator, I get numbers close to but never
- exceeding 1. To me, it is logical that a correlation coefficient
- would lie between 0 and 1. Is that an incorrect conclusion for me
- to draw?
-
- Thanks for any help you can give me!
-
- Susan
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- Susan E. Margulies
- HP Imaging Systems
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- susanm@hp-and.an.hp.com
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