/* -*- mia-c++  -*-
 *
 * This file is part of MIA - a toolbox for medical image analysis 
 * Copyright (c) Leipzig, Madrid 1999-2015 Gert Wollny
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 */

#ifndef mia_correlation_weight_hh
#define mia_correlation_weight_hh

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

NS_MIA_BEGIN

/**
   @ingroup perf 
   \brief evaluate the correlation between neighboring pixels in an image series  
   
   Evaluate time-intensity correlations of neighboring pixels in a series of images. 
   This class is used to evaluate a pseude ground truth for motion compensation. 
   See C2DGroundTruthEvaluator for more information 
   
 */

class EXPORT_2D CCorrelationEvaluator {
public:
	/**
	   helper structure to hold the correlation data 
	 */
	typedef struct {
		/// data field to hold the correlation in horizontal direction 
		C2DFImage horizontal;
		/// data field to hold the correlation in vertical direction 
		C2DFImage vertical;
	} result_type;

	/**
	   Construct the correlation evaluator 
	   @param thresh considers what correlation should identify pixels as belonging 
	   to the same tissue. 
	 */
	CCorrelationEvaluator(double thresh);
	
	~CCorrelationEvaluator();

	/**
	   Evaluate the time-intensity correlation images 
	   @param images image series 
	   @param skip number of images that should be skipped at the beginning of the series. 
	 */
	result_type operator() (const std::vector<P2DImage>& images, size_t skip = 0) const;

private:
	struct CCorrelationEvaluatorImpl *impl;
};

NS_MIA_END

#endif
