[Insight-developers] Negative mutual information
Miller, James V (Research)
millerjv@crd.ge.com
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:27:51 -0500
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Is there any reason (for the code) for the mutual information image to image metric to return a
negative value?
>From the (abstract) definition of mutual information, this does not seem to plausible.
Before I dive into the code...
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<DIV><SPAN class=657392417-24012003><FONT size=2>Is there any reason (for the
code) for the mutual information image to image metric to return a negative
value?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=657392417-24012003><FONT size=2>From the (abstract) definition
of mutual information, this does not seem to plausible.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=657392417-24012003><FONT size=2>Before I dive into the
code...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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