Converting to our coordinate system

 

The recipe is as follows for CT-to-MR transformations:

 

Define:

 

         T_ct = translation that brings our CT coordinate system into your CT coordinate system

 

        T_mr = translation that brings our MR coordinate system into your MR coordinate system

 

     R_ctmr = transformation that registers CT to MR in your coordinate systems

 

 

To transform <x, y, z> for a point measured in our CT coordinate system into its registered position, <new_x, new_y, new_z> measured in our MR coordinate system

 

1)      Apply T_ct to <x, y, z>.

 

2)      Apply R_ctmr to the result of step 1.

 

3)      Apply the inverse of T_mr (n.b., NOT the inverse of T_ct) to the result of step 2.

 

 

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