MutualImageInformation.h

/*
 * Medical Image Registration ToolKit (MIRTK)
 *
 * Copyright 2013-2015 Imperial College London
 * Copyright 2013-2015 Andreas Schuh
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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#ifndef MIRTK_MutualImageInformation_H
#define MIRTK_MutualImageInformation_H

#include "mirtk/HistogramImageSimilarity.h"


namespace mirtk {


/**
 * Mutual information image similarity measure
 */
class MutualImageInformation : public HistogramImageSimilarity
{
  mirtkEnergyTermMacro(MutualImageInformation, EM_MI);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Construction/Destruction
public:

  /// Constructor
  MutualImageInformation(const char * = "");

  /// Copy constructor
  MutualImageInformation(const MutualImageInformation &);

  /// Assignment operator
  MutualImageInformation &operator =(const MutualImageInformation &);

  /// Destructor
  ~MutualImageInformation();

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Evaluation
protected:

  /// Evaluate similarity of images
  virtual double Evaluate();

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Debugging
public:

  /// Return unweighted and unnormalized raw energy term value
  /// \remarks Use for progress reporting only.
  virtual double RawValue(double) const;

};


} // namespace mirtk

#endif // MIRTK_MutualImageInformation_H