Ordinary Procrustes Analysis
Here we just consider objects made up from a finite number k of points in n dimensions. Often, these points are selected on the continuous surface of complex objects, such as a human bone, and in this case they are called landmark points.
The shape of an object can be considered as a member of an equivalence class formed by removing the translational, rotational and uniform scaling components.
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