<div dir="ltr">Hi, all, <div><br></div><div>I have two questions regarding deformation field, I hope someone can help me understand. </div><div><br></div><div>1. composition of deformation field</div><div> I understand the principle of composition. Say I have an inverse DF1 followed by an inverse DF2 being applied to a floating image. The composition will be DF1(DF2(x,y)) for every pixel (x,y) in the coordinate system of the fixed image. However, what if DF2(x, y) deforms to an out of dimension location (x', y'), then DF1(x', y') is undefined. What is DF1(DF2(x,y)) now, should it be DF1(DF2(x,y)) = (x', y')? My worry is that the final composed deformation will have a peak at (x, y). Assume DF1 is a large deformation, DF2 is a small deformation, make DF1(DF2(x,y)) = (x', y') my not follow the overall smoothness introduced by DF1. </div>
<div><br></div><div>2. comparison of deformation field</div><div> I am trying to compare an estimated deformation field with a ground truth (synthetic deformation field). My question is related to the out of dimension again. If the known deformation at a pixel (x, y) is within image range, but my estimated deformation is out of dimension pointing to a really large error location, then the error at this pixel largely affects the evaluation. How should I treat errors at these out of boundary locations when performing such evaluation? </div>
<div><br></div><div>I am confused and can not find related answer, thank you for helping. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>