symmetrize: create a perfectly symmetric version of landmarks

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create a perfectly symmetric version of landmarks

Description

create a perfectly symmetric version of landmarks

Usage

symmetrize(x, pairedLM)

Arguments

x	k x m matrix or k x m x n array, with rows containing landmark coordinates
pairedLM	A X x 2 matrix containing the indices (rownumbers) of the paired LM. E.g. the left column contains the lefthand landmarks, while the right side contains the corresponding right hand landmarks.

Details

the landmarks are reflected and relabled according to pairedLM and then rotated and translated onto x. Both configurations are then averaged to obtain a perfectly symmetric one.

Value

a symmetrized version of x

References

Klingenberg CP, Barluenga M, and Meyer A. 2002. Shape analysis of symmetric structures: quantifying variation among individuals and asymmetry. Evolution 56(10):1909-1920.

Examples

data(boneData)
left <- c(4,6,8)
right <- c(3,5,7)
pairedLM <- cbind(left,right)
symx <- symmetrize(boneLM[,,2],pairedLM)
## Not run: 
deformGrid3d(symx,boneLM[,,2])

## End(Not run)

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