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Least square ellipsoid fitting using iterative orthogonal transformations

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2017-07-26 v3

Abstract

We describe a generalised method for ellipsoid fitting against a minimum set of data points. The proposed method is numerically stable and applies to a wide range of ellipsoidal shapes, including highly elongated and arbitrarily oriented ellipsoids. This new method also provides for the retrieval of rotational angle and length of semi-axes of the fitted ellipsoids accurately. We demonstrate the efficacy of this algorithm on simulated data sets and also indicate its potential use in gravitational wave data analysis.

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@article{arxiv.1704.04877,
  title  = {Least square ellipsoid fitting using iterative orthogonal transformations},
  author = {Amit Reza and Anand S. Sengupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.04877},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Submitted to Applied Mathematics and Computation (Elsevier)