A summed [[Area]] tabled is a [[Data Structure]] for getting the sum of values in a rectangular [[Subset|subet]] of a grid, typically an [[Image]].
The recursive definnition to preprocess a summed area table is defined as the following:
$\huge
S(u,v) =
\sum_{i=0}^{u-1}T(i,v) + \sum_{j=0}^{v-1}T(u,j) + S(u-1,v-1)
$
$\huge \begin{align}
S(u,v) &=
\sum_{i=0}^{u-1}T(i,v) + \sum_{j=0}^{v-1}T(u,j) + S(u-1,v-1)
\end{align}
$
Where $T(i, j)$ is the [[Texel]] [[Vector]] at coordinates $\braket{i,j}$.
Where the recursive base case for $S$ is:
$\huge S(0,0) = T(0, 0) $
The final table will have the same dimensions as the original image.
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