vtkPrincipalAxesAlign.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Realign Volumes
  Module:    $HeadURL: http://svn.slicer.org/Slicer3/trunk/Applications/CLI/Realign/vtkPrincipalAxesAlign.h $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-11-24 16:40:29 -0500 (Mon, 24 Nov 2008) $
  Version:   $Revision: 7967 $

  Copyright (c) Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) All Rights Reserved.

  See License.txt or http://www.slicer.org/copyright/copyright.txt for details.

==========================================================================*/
#ifndef __vtk_principal_axes_align_h
#define __vtk_principal_axes_align_h
#include <vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter.h>
#include <vtkSetGet.h>
// ---------------------------------------------------------
// Author: Axel Krauth
//
// This class computes the principal axes of the input.
// The direction of the eigenvector for the largest eigenvalue is the XAxis,
// the direction of the eigenvector for the smallest eigenvalue is the ZAxis,
// and the YAxis the the eigenvector for the remaining eigenvalue.
class  vtkPrincipalAxesAlign : public vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter
{
 public:
  static vtkPrincipalAxesAlign* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkPrincipalAxesAlign,vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter);

  vtkGetVector3Macro(Center,vtkFloatingPointType);
  vtkGetVector3Macro(XAxis,vtkFloatingPointType);
  vtkGetVector3Macro(YAxis,vtkFloatingPointType);
  vtkGetVector3Macro(ZAxis,vtkFloatingPointType);
  void Execute();
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
 protected:
  vtkPrincipalAxesAlign();
  ~vtkPrincipalAxesAlign();

 private:
  vtkPrincipalAxesAlign(vtkPrincipalAxesAlign&);
  void operator=(const vtkPrincipalAxesAlign&);

  vtkFloatingPointType* Center;
  vtkFloatingPointType* XAxis;
  vtkFloatingPointType* YAxis;
  vtkFloatingPointType* ZAxis;

  // a matrix of the eigenvalue problem
  double** eigenvalueProblem;
  // for efficiency reasons parts of the eigenvalue problem are computed separately
  double** eigenvalueProblemDiag;
  double** eigenvectors;
  double* eigenvalues;
};

#endif