itkCrossHelper.h

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#ifndef __itkCrossHelper_h
#define __itkCrossHelper_h

#include "itkNumericTraits.h"

namespace itk
{
template< typename TVector >
class CrossHelper
{
public:
  typedef TVector                        VectorType;
  typedef typename VectorType::ValueType ValueType;

  itkStaticConstMacro (Dimension, unsigned int, VectorType::Dimension);

  VectorType operator()(const VectorType & iU,
                        const VectorType & iV) const
  {
    VectorType oCross;

    if ( Dimension > 2 )
      {
      oCross[0] = iU[1] * iV[2] - iV[1] * iU[2];
      oCross[1] = iV[0] * iU[2] - iU[0] * iV[2];
      oCross[2] = iU[0] * iV[1] - iV[0] * iU[1];

      if (Dimension > 3)
        {
        for ( unsigned int dim = 3; dim < Dimension; dim++ )
          {
          oCross[dim] = 0.0;
          }
        }
      }
    else
      {
      oCross.Fill(0.);
      }

    return oCross;
  }
};
}

#endif