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Local interpolation schemes for landmark-based image registration: a comparison
In this paper we focus, from a mathematical point of view, on properties and
performances of some local interpolation schemes for landmark-based image
registration. Precisely, we consider modified Shepard's interpolants,
Wendland's functions, and Lobachevsky splines. They are quite unlike each
other, but all of them are compactly supported and enjoy interesting
theoretical and computational properties. In particular, we point out some
unusual forms of the considered functions. Finally, detailed numerical
comparisons are given, considering also Gaussians and thin plate splines, which
are really globally supported but widely used in applications
A Multivariate Fast Discrete Walsh Transform with an Application to Function Interpolation
For high dimensional problems, such as approximation and integration, one
cannot afford to sample on a grid because of the curse of dimensionality. An
attractive alternative is to sample on a low discrepancy set, such as an
integration lattice or a digital net. This article introduces a multivariate
fast discrete Walsh transform for data sampled on a digital net that requires
only operations, where is the number of data points. This
algorithm and its inverse are digital analogs of multivariate fast Fourier
transforms.
This fast discrete Walsh transform and its inverse may be used to approximate
the Walsh coefficients of a function and then construct a spline interpolant of
the function. This interpolant may then be used to estimate the function's
effective dimension, an important concept in the theory of numerical
multivariate integration. Numerical results for various functions are
presented
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