% % KDTREEIDX Find closest points using a k-D tree. % % IDX = KDTREEIDX( REFERENCE, MODEL ) finds the closest points in % REFERENCE for each point in MODEL. The search is performed in an % efficient manner by building a k-D tree from the datapoints in % REFERENCE, and querying the tree for each datapoint in % MODEL. % % Input : % REFERENCE is an NxD matrix, where each row is a D-dimensional % point. MODEL is an MxD matrix, where each row is a D-dimensional % query point. % % Output: % IDX is a vector of length M. The i-th value of IDX is the row % index into the matrix REFERENCE, which is the closest point to % the i-th row (point) of MODEL. The "closest" metric is % defined as the D-dimensional Euclidean (2-norm) distance. % The closest point values can be found by: CP = REFERENCE(IDX,:) % % % [IDX, DIST] = KDTREEIDX( ... ) returns the distances between % each row of MODEL and its closest point match from the k-D tree % in the vector DIST. DIST(i) corresponds to the i-th row (point) % of MODEL. % % The default behavior of the function is that the k-D tree is % destroyed when the function returns. If you would like to save % the k-D tree in memory for use at a later time for additional % queries on the same REFERENCE data, then call the function with % an additional output: % % [IDX, DIST, ROOT] = KDTREEIDX(REFERENCE, MODEL) where ROOT % receives a pointer to the root of the k-D tree. % % Subsequently, use the following call to pass the k-D tree back % into the mex function: % % [IDX, DIST, ROOT] = KDTREEIDX([], MODEL, ROOT) % % Note that ROOT is again an output, preventing the tree from % being removed from memory. % % Ultimately, to clear the k-D tree from memory, pass ROOT as % input, but do not receive it as output: % % KDTREEIDX([], [], ROOT) % % % See also KDTREE and KDRANGEQUERY. % % Written by / send comments or suggestions to : % Guy Shechter % guy at jhu dot edu % June 2004 %
