A nonparametric approach to the estimation of lengths and surface areas

DOI10.1214/009053606000001532MaRDI QIDQ2642740zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Antonio Cuevas, Ricardo Fraiman, Alberto Rodríguez Casal

Publication date 4 September 2007

Published in The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2180

zbMATH Keywords

length estimationMinkowski contentnonparametric set estimationstatistical image analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density estimation (62G07) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Image analysis in multivariate analysis (62H35)

Abstract: The Minkowski content $L_0(G)$ of a body $Gsubset{mathbbR}^d$ represents the boundary length (for $d=2$) or the surface area (for $d=3$) of $G$. A method for estimating $L_0(G)$ is proposed. It relies on a nonparametric estimator based on the information provided by a random sample (taken on a rectangle containing $G$) in which we are able to identify whether every point is inside or outside $G$. Some theoretical properties concerning strong consistency, $L_1$-error and convergence rates are obtained. A practical application to a problem of image analysis in cardiology is discussed in some detail. A brief simulation study is provided.

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