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{{Short description|Tensor related to gradients}}

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In mathematics, the '''structure [[tensor]]''', also referred to as the '''second-moment matrix''', is a [[matrix (mathematics)|matrix]] derived from the [[gradient]] of a [[function (mathematics)|function]]. It describes the distribution of the gradient in a specified neighborhood around a point and makes the information invariant respect the observing coordinates<!-- Example: if you have a 2D image with two components storing the gradient direction and a Gaussian blur is performed separately on each component, the result will be ill-formed (specially for the directions were vector orientations flip). On the other hand if the blur is performed component-wise on a 2x2 structure tensor the main eigenvector (scaled by its eigenvalue) will properly represent the gradient. -->. The structure tensor is often used in [[image processing]] and [[computer vision]].<ref name=bigun86>

J. Bigun and G. Granlund (1986), ''Optimal Orientation Detection of Linear Symmetry''. Tech. Report LiTH-ISY-I-0828, Computer Vision Laboratory, Linkoping University, Sweden 1986; Thesis Report, Linkoping studies in science and technology No. 85, 1986.

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===Interpretation===

As in the three-dimensional case, the eigenvalues <math>\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\lambda_3</math> of <math>S_w[p]</math>, and the corresponding eigenvectors <math>\hat{e}_1,\hat{e}_2,\hat{e}_3</math>, summarize the distribution of gradient directions within the neighborhood of ''p'' defined by the window <math>w</math>. This information can be visualized as an [[ellipsoid]] whose semi-axes are equal to the eigenvalues and directed along their corresponding eigenvectors.<ref name="Medioni"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Westin|first=C.-F.|last2=Maier|first2=S.E.|last3=Mamata|first3=H.|last4=Nabavi|first4=A.|last5=Jolesz|first5=F.A.|last6=Kikinis|first6=R.|date=June 2002-06|title=Processing and visualization for diffusion tensor MRI|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1361841502000531|journal=Medical Image Analysis|language=en|volume=6|issue=2|pages=93–108|doi=10.1016/S1361-8415(02)00053-1}}</ref>

[[File:STgeneric.png|thumb|center|240px|Ellipsoidal representation of the 3D structure tensor.]]