that provides a set I = {x1, · · · , xm} of m vectors in Rp, A dictionary D = {x1 , · · · , xn } of n vectors in Rp is computed, Manifold Learning is performed on D and a new representation hD is obtained and extended with the Nystr¨ om extension as h : Rp → Rq as h(x) = (φ1 (x), · · · , φq (x))T Vectors of f are sorted according to ≤h (the conditional total ordering on h(x)) and a sorted image fs : [0, m] → Rp is obtained, The rank of a vector on the complete lattice L is defined as r : Rq → [0, m] A rank image fr : Ω → [0, m] is constructed with fr (pi ) = (r ◦ h ◦ f )(pi ) and pi ∈ Ω. The original image is recovered exactly since f (pi ) = (fs ◦ fr )(pi ). Given a specific morphological processing g, the corresponding processed multivariate image is obtained by g(f (pi )) = (fs ◦ g ◦ fr )(pi ). O. L´ ezoray (University of Caen) Nonlocal and Multivariate Mathematical Morphology ICIP 2012 15 / 28