Hi,
I am trying to compare the results between convolving an image *once*
with a 2D derivative of a Gaussian *matrix* and between convolving
*twice* once in the X direction and once in the Y direction with a
1D derivative of a Gaussian *vector* (using the seperability property
of the derivative of a Gaussian).
I wrote two functions, one for generating the vector and one for
generating the matrix and then used those with the imfilter function
(see below) . The problem is that the convolution results are
different(!) and I am trying to find the fault in the logic and
hopefully someone can help.

% derivative of a Gaussian *vector*
function [der_gauss_vector]=dog_vector(r,d)
r2=2*(r^2);
s=0;
midpoint=floor(d/2);
for n = -midpoint:midpoint
der_gauss_vector(n +midpoint +1 )=-n*exp( -(n^2)/(r2))/(r^2);
s=s+der_gauss_vector(n +midpoint+1);
end
% derivative of a Gaussian *matrix*
function [gauss_der_matrix]=dog_kernel(r,d)
r2=2*(r^2);
s=0;
gauss_matrix=ones(d,d);
gauss_der_matrix=ones(d,d);
midpoint=floor(d/2);
for n = -midpoint:midpoint
for k = -midpoint:midpoint
gauss_matrix(n +midpoint +1 ,k +midpoint +1)=exp( -(k^2 +
n^2)/(r2));
gauss_der_matrix(n +midpoint +1 ,k +midpoint
+1)=-k*gauss_matrix(n +midpoint +1 ,k +midpoint +1);
end
end
gauss_der_matrix=gauss_der_matrix/(r^2);
and here is the code that calls the functions:

clc
clear all
close all
r=1; % sigma
d=3; % kernel size

gauss_der_vector=dog_vector(r,d); % 1D
gauss_der_matrix=dog_kernel(r,d); % 2D
I=ones(7,7); % test image

img111 = conv2(gauss_der_matrix,I) % 2D case
%1D case
img222 = conv2(gauss_der_vector,I)
img222 = conv2(gauss_der_vector',img222)

%img333 = conv2(gauss_der_vector,gauss_der_vector', I)
Thank you very much,

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