<div dir="ltr">Hi Zoro,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the detailed description of what you are observing.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that the optimizer scales are multiplied by the </div><div>step length and in turn they are multiplied by the Gradient of</div>
<div>the metric.</div><div><br></div><div>Your estimation of :</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">maximum step length=0.05 means </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">maximum rotation </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">= 0.05 rad = 9 degree</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">maximum translation = 0.05 mm (very </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">small). </span><br>
</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">are correct as maximum valued.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">They must still be multiplied by the gradient, and if it turns</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">out that the metric derivatives are small, the image may</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">end up not moving much.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">As a consequence, you may simply have to use a larger</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">step length.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">You shouldn't need to modify the image spacing.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">(such modification will bring you other headaches).</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Use the scales only to compensate the relative differences</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">between rotation and scaling.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">A good initial value is to use the diagonal of the image</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">(in physical units) as the ratio between rotational scales</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">and the translational scales.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Then use the maximum step length the get the image</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">moving.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">You should see the image moving in the first few (5 to 10)</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">iterations.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">It is not uncommon to use step lengths = 1.0 or even 10.0</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"> Thanks</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"> Luis</span></font></div>
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