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Landmark configurations mapped to the pre-shape sphere and then to Kendall shape space
Statistical Shape Analysis Intermediate

Kendall shape space: comparing shapes after removing pose and scale

An intuitive note on Kendall shape space: how landmark configurations become shapes once translation, scale, and rotation have been removed, and how this leads to Procrustes distances, mean shapes, and tangent-space statistics.

Feb 01, 2025 14 min read Geometry for Learning
kendall shape space procrustes analysis landmarks shape statistics