/* -*- mia-c++  -*-
 *
 * This file is part of MIA - a toolbox for medical image analysis 
 * Copyright (c) Leipzig, Madrid 1999-2015 Gert Wollny
 *
 * MIA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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 */


#ifndef mia_2d_distance_hh
#define mia_2d_distance_hh

#include <vector>
#include <mia/2d/image.hh>

NS_MIA_BEGIN

/**
   This function evaluates the 2D distance to a functions defined over a 2D grid  
   If the input function is given as raw data that is not the result of another 
   call to this distance transform function, then one should call 
   distance_transform_prepare to properly prepare the data for the distance transform. 

   \param[in] f the squared values of the function to evaluate the distance to 
   \returns distances to the function for each grid point
*/
C2DFImage EXPORT_2D distance_transform(const C2DImage& f); 

/**
   @ingroup misc 
   
   Evaluate the distance between a point and a löine segment 
   @param point the point 
   @param a start of line segment 
   @param b end of line segment 
   @returns distance 
*/

float EXPORT_2D distance_point_line(const C2DFVector& point,
				    const C2DFVector& a,
				    const C2DFVector& b);


NS_MIA_END

#endif
