/// <summary>
        /// Resize image depending on a reference image.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="toResize">image</param>
        /// <param name="referenceImage">reference image</param>
        /// <returns>resampled image</returns>
        public static sitk.Image ResizeImage(sitk.Image toResize, sitk.Image referenceImage)
        {
            if (toResize.GetWidth() == referenceImage.GetWidth() && toResize.GetHeight() == referenceImage.GetHeight())
            {
                return(toResize);
            }

            uint width  = toResize.GetWidth() < referenceImage.GetWidth() ? referenceImage.GetWidth() : toResize.GetWidth();
            uint height = toResize.GetHeight() < referenceImage.GetHeight() ? referenceImage.GetHeight() : toResize.GetHeight();

            sitk.VectorUInt32 vec = new sitk.VectorUInt32();
            vec.Add(width);
            vec.Add(height);

            sitk.ResampleImageFilter resampleFilter = new sitk.ResampleImageFilter();
            resampleFilter.SetSize(vec);
            resampleFilter.SetOutputOrigin(toResize.GetOrigin());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputDirection(toResize.GetDirection());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputSpacing(toResize.GetSpacing());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputPixelType(referenceImage.GetPixelID());
            resampleFilter.SetDefaultPixelValue(255.0);
            sitk.Image resultImage = resampleFilter.Execute(toResize);

            return(resultImage);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Resize image by new width and height.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="image">input image</param>
        /// <param name="newWidth">width</param>
        /// <param name="newHeight">height</param>
        /// <returns>resized image</returns>
        public static sitk.Image ResizeImage(sitk.Image image, uint newWidth, uint newHeight)
        {
            if (image.GetWidth() == newWidth && image.GetHeight() == newHeight)
            {
                return(image);
            }

            sitk.VectorUInt32 vec = new sitk.VectorUInt32();
            vec.Add(newWidth);
            vec.Add(newHeight);

            sitk.ResampleImageFilter resampleFilter = new sitk.ResampleImageFilter();
            resampleFilter.SetSize(vec);
            resampleFilter.SetOutputOrigin(image.GetOrigin());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputDirection(image.GetDirection());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputSpacing(image.GetSpacing());
            resampleFilter.SetOutputPixelType(image.GetPixelID());
            resampleFilter.SetDefaultPixelValue(255.0);
            sitk.Image resultImage = resampleFilter.Execute(image);

            return(resultImage);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Execute transformation of rgb image.
        /// </summary>
        public void Execute()
        {
            string outputDir = ReadWriteUtils.GetOutputDirectory(registrationParameters, registrationParameters.Iteration);

            if (Directory.Exists(outputDir))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDir);
            }

            // split rgb channels
            sitk.VectorIndexSelectionCastImageFilter rgbVector = new sitk.VectorIndexSelectionCastImageFilter();
            sitk.Image redChannel   = rgbVector.Execute(movingImage, 0, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkFloat32);
            sitk.Image greenChannel = rgbVector.Execute(movingImage, 1, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkFloat32);
            sitk.Image blueChannel  = rgbVector.Execute(movingImage, 2, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkFloat32);

            foreach (var parameter in parameterMaps[0])
            {
                parameter["DefaultPixelValue"][0]    = "255.0";
                parameter["ResultImagePixelType"][0] = "short";

                if (parameter.ContainsKey("UseBinaryFormatForTransformationParameters"))
                {
                    parameter.Remove("UseBinaryFormatForTransformationParameters");
                }

                if (interpolationOrder != -1)
                {
                    parameter["FinalBSplineInterpolationOrder"][0] = interpolationOrder.ToString();
                }
                else
                {
                    parameter["FinalBSplineInterpolationOrder"][0] = "3";
                }

                if (parameter["Transform"][0] == "SimilarityTransform" ||
                    registrationParameters.RegistrationDefaultParams == RegistrationDefaultParameters.similarity)
                {
                    sitk.VectorString vec = new sitk.VectorString();
                    vec.Add((registrationParameters.LargestImageWidth / 2).ToString());  // fixed image width / 2
                    vec.Add((registrationParameters.LargestImageHeight / 2).ToString()); // fixed image height / 2
                    parameter.Add("CenterOfRotationPoint", vec);
                }
            }

            // initialize transformix
            transformix.SetOutputDirectory(outputDir);
            transformix.SetTransformParameterMap(parameterMaps.First()[0]);
            // add further transform parameters
            if (parameterMaps[0].Count > 1)
            {
                for (int i = 1; i < parameterMaps[0].Count; i++)
                {
                    var vectorParameterMap = parameterMaps[0][i];
                    transformix.AddTransformParameterMap(vectorParameterMap);
                }
            }

            transformix.ComputeDeformationFieldOn();
            transformix.LogToFileOn();

            if (registrationParameters.ComputeJaccobian)
            {
                transformix.ComputeSpatialJacobianOn();
                transformix.ComputeDeterminantOfSpatialJacobianOn();
            }

            transformix.PrintParameterMap();

            // red
            transformix.SetMovingImage(redChannel);
            sitk.Image resultRedChannel = transformix.Execute();
            resultRedChannel = TransformationUtils.InterpolateImage(resultRedChannel, sitk.InterpolatorEnum.sitkBSplineResamplerOrder3, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkUInt8);
            //ReadWriteUtils.WriteSitkImageWithPreCast(resultRedChannel, registrationParameters.OutputDirectory + "\\red_channel.png");

            // green
            transformix.SetMovingImage(greenChannel);
            sitk.Image resultGreenChannel = transformix.Execute();
            resultGreenChannel = TransformationUtils.InterpolateImage(resultGreenChannel, sitk.InterpolatorEnum.sitkBSplineResamplerOrder3, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkUInt8);
            //ReadWriteUtils.WriteSitkImageWithPreCast(resultGreenChannel, registrationParameters.OutputDirectory + "\\green_channel.png");

            // blue
            transformix.SetMovingImage(blueChannel);
            sitk.Image resultBlueChannel = transformix.Execute();
            resultBlueChannel = TransformationUtils.InterpolateImage(resultBlueChannel, sitk.InterpolatorEnum.sitkBSplineResamplerOrder3, sitk.PixelIDValueEnum.sitkUInt8);
            //ReadWriteUtils.WriteSitkImageWithPreCast(resultBlueChannel, registrationParameters.OutputDirectory + "\\blue_channel.png");

            // compose image channels
            sitk.VectorOfImage vectorImages = new sitk.VectorOfImage();
            vectorImages.Add(resultRedChannel);
            vectorImages.Add(resultGreenChannel);
            vectorImages.Add(resultBlueChannel);
            sitk.ComposeImageFilter composeImageFilter = new sitk.ComposeImageFilter();
            sitk.Image composedImage = composeImageFilter.Execute(vectorImages);

            if (registrationParameters.Type == RegistrationType.NonRigid)
            {
                transformedImage = TransformationUtils.InterpolateImage(composedImage, sitk.InterpolatorEnum.sitkBSplineResamplerOrder5, composedImage.GetPixelID());
            }
            else
            {
                transformedImage = composedImage;
            }

            transformedImage = composedImage;

            // interpolation of output image (needs to be improved -> currently theres a little loss in quality)
            // possible solution: interpolate grayscale images and compose afterwards

            /*sitk.ExpandImageFilter expandImageFilter = new sitk.ExpandImageFilter();
             * expandImageFilter.SetInterpolator(sitk.InterpolatorEnum.sitkLinear);
             * transformedImage = expandImageFilter.Execute(composedImage);*/

            //transformedImage = composedImage;
        }