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#ifndef itkANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader_hxx
#define itkANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader_hxx


namespace itk
{

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<TDomainPartitioner,
                                                                             TImageToImageMetric,
                                                                             TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::
  ThreadedExecution_impl(
    IdentityHelper<ThreadedImageRegionPartitioner<TImageToImageMetric::VirtualImageDimension>> itkNotUsed(self),
    const DomainType &                                                                         virtualImageSubRegion,
    const ThreadIdType                                                                         threadId)
{
  /* Store the casted pointer to avoid dynamic casting in tight loops. */
  auto associate = dynamic_cast<TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric *>(this->m_Associate);
  if (associate == nullptr)
  {
    itkExceptionMacro("Dynamic casting of associate pointer failed.");
  }

  std::call_once(this->m_ANTSAssociateOnceFlag, [this, &associate]() { this->m_ANTSAssociate = associate; });

  VirtualPointType   virtualPoint;
  MeasureType        metricValueResult{};
  MeasureType        metricValueSum{};
  bool               pointIsValid;
  ScanIteratorType   scanIt;
  ScanParametersType scanParameters;
  ScanMemType        scanMem;

  DerivativeType & localDerivativeResult = this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].LocalDerivatives;

  /* Create an iterator over the virtual sub region */
  // associate->InitializeScanning( virtualImageSubRegion, scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters );
  this->InitializeScanning(virtualImageSubRegion, scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters);

  /* Iterate over the sub region */
  scanIt.GoToBegin();
  while (!scanIt.IsAtEnd())
  {
    /* Get the virtual point */
    associate->TransformVirtualIndexToPhysicalPoint(scanIt.GetIndex(), virtualPoint);

    /* Call the user method in derived classes to do the specific
     * calculations for value and derivative. */
    try
    {
      this->UpdateQueues(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
      pointIsValid = this->ComputeInformationFromQueues(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
      if (pointIsValid)
      {
        this->ComputeMovingTransformDerivative(
          scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, localDerivativeResult, metricValueResult, threadId);
      }
    }
    catch (const ExceptionObject & exc)
    {
      // NOTE: there must be a cleaner way to do this:
      std::string msg("Caught exception: \n");
      msg += exc.what();
      throw ExceptionObject(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg);
    }

    /* Assign the results */
    if (pointIsValid)
    {
      this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].NumberOfValidPoints++;
      metricValueSum -= metricValueResult;
      /* Store the result. This depends on what type of
       * transform is being used. */
      if (this->GetComputeDerivative())
      {
        this->StorePointDerivativeResult(scanIt.GetIndex(), threadId);
      }
    }

    // next index
    ++scanIt;
  }

  /* Store metric value result for this thread. */
  this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].Measure = metricValueSum;
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
template <typename T>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::ThreadedExecution_impl(IdentityHelper<T>  itkNotUsed(self),
                                                          const DomainType & domain,
                                                          const ThreadIdType threadId)
{
  /* call base method */
  /* Store the casted pointer to avoid dynamic casting in tight loops. */
  this->m_ANTSAssociate = dynamic_cast<TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric *>(this->m_Associate);
  if (this->m_ANTSAssociate == nullptr)
  {
    itkExceptionMacro("Dynamic casting of associate pointer failed.");
  }

  Superclass::ThreadedExecution(domain, threadId);
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::UpdateQueuesAtBeginningOfLine(const ScanIteratorType &   scanIt,
                                                                 ScanMemType &              scanMem,
                                                                 const ScanParametersType & scanParameters,
                                                                 const ThreadIdType) const
{
  const SizeValueType numberOfFillZero = scanParameters.numberOfFillZero;
  const SizeValueType hoodlen = scanParameters.windowLength;

  InternalComputationValueType zero{};
  scanMem.QsumFixed2 = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);
  scanMem.QsumMoving2 = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);
  scanMem.QsumFixed = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);
  scanMem.QsumMoving = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);
  scanMem.QsumFixedMoving = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);
  scanMem.Qcount = SumQueueType(numberOfFillZero, zero);

  using LocalRealType = InternalComputationValueType;

  // Now add the rest of the values from each hyperplane
  SizeValueType diameter = 2 * scanParameters.radius[0];

  const LocalRealType localZero{};
  for (SizeValueType i = numberOfFillZero; i < (diameter + NumericTraits<SizeValueType>::OneValue()); ++i)
  {
    LocalRealType sumFixed2 = localZero;
    LocalRealType sumMoving2 = localZero;
    LocalRealType sumFixed = localZero;
    LocalRealType sumMoving = localZero;
    LocalRealType sumFixedMoving = localZero;
    LocalRealType count = localZero;

    for (SizeValueType indct = i; indct < hoodlen; indct += (diameter + NumericTraits<SizeValueType>::OneValue()))
    {
      typename ScanIteratorType::OffsetType internalIndex, offset;
      bool                                  isInBounds = scanIt.IndexInBounds(indct, internalIndex, offset);
      if (!isInBounds)
      {
        // std::cout << "DEBUG: error" << std::endl;
        continue;
      }

      typename VirtualImageType::IndexType index = scanIt.GetIndex(indct);

      VirtualPointType     virtualPoint;
      FixedImagePointType  mappedFixedPoint;
      FixedImagePixelType  fixedImageValue;
      MovingImagePointType mappedMovingPoint;
      MovingImagePixelType movingImageValue;
      bool                 pointIsValid;

      this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformVirtualIndexToPhysicalPoint(index, virtualPoint);

      try
      {
        pointIsValid =
          this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateFixedPoint(virtualPoint, mappedFixedPoint, fixedImageValue);
        if (pointIsValid)
        {
          pointIsValid =
            this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateMovingPoint(virtualPoint, mappedMovingPoint, movingImageValue);
        }
      }
      catch (const ExceptionObject & exc)
      {
        // NOTE: there must be a cleaner way to do this:
        std::string msg("Caught exception: \n");
        msg += exc.what();
        throw ExceptionObject(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg);
      }


      if (pointIsValid)
      {
        sumFixed2 += fixedImageValue * fixedImageValue;
        sumMoving2 += movingImageValue * movingImageValue;
        sumFixed += fixedImageValue;
        sumMoving += movingImageValue;
        sumFixedMoving += fixedImageValue * movingImageValue;
        count += NumericTraits<LocalRealType>::OneValue();
      }
    } // for indct

    scanMem.QsumFixed2.push_back(sumFixed2);
    scanMem.QsumMoving2.push_back(sumMoving2);
    scanMem.QsumFixed.push_back(sumFixed);
    scanMem.QsumMoving.push_back(sumMoving);
    scanMem.QsumFixedMoving.push_back(sumFixedMoving);
    scanMem.Qcount.push_back(count);
  }
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::UpdateQueuesToNextScanWindow(const ScanIteratorType &   scanIt,
                                                                ScanMemType &              scanMem,
                                                                const ScanParametersType & scanParameters,
                                                                const ThreadIdType) const
{
  const SizeValueType hoodlen = scanParameters.windowLength;

  using LocalRealType = InternalComputationValueType;

  const LocalRealType localZero{};

  LocalRealType sumFixed2 = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumMoving2 = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumFixed = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumMoving = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumFixedMoving = localZero;
  LocalRealType count = localZero;

  SizeValueType diameter = 2 * scanParameters.radius[0];

  for (SizeValueType indct = diameter; indct < hoodlen; indct += (diameter + NumericTraits<SizeValueType>::OneValue()))
  {
    typename ScanIteratorType::OffsetType internalIndex, offset;
    bool                                  isInBounds = scanIt.IndexInBounds(indct, internalIndex, offset);

    if (!isInBounds)
    {
      continue;
    }

    typename VirtualImageType::IndexType index = scanIt.GetIndex(indct);

    VirtualPointType     virtualPoint;
    FixedImagePointType  mappedFixedPoint;
    FixedImagePixelType  fixedImageValue;
    MovingImagePointType mappedMovingPoint;
    MovingImagePixelType movingImageValue;
    bool                 pointIsValid;

    this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformVirtualIndexToPhysicalPoint(index, virtualPoint);
    try
    {
      pointIsValid =
        this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateFixedPoint(virtualPoint, mappedFixedPoint, fixedImageValue);
      if (pointIsValid)
      {
        pointIsValid =
          this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateMovingPoint(virtualPoint, mappedMovingPoint, movingImageValue);
      }
    }
    catch (const ExceptionObject & exc)
    {
      // NOTE: there must be a cleaner way to do this:
      std::string msg("Caught exception: \n");
      msg += exc.what();
      throw ExceptionObject(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg);
    }
    if (pointIsValid)
    {
      sumFixed2 += fixedImageValue * fixedImageValue;
      sumMoving2 += movingImageValue * movingImageValue;
      sumFixed += fixedImageValue;
      sumMoving += movingImageValue;
      sumFixedMoving += fixedImageValue * movingImageValue;
      count += NumericTraits<LocalRealType>::OneValue();
    }
  }
  scanMem.QsumFixed2.push_back(sumFixed2);
  scanMem.QsumMoving2.push_back(sumMoving2);
  scanMem.QsumFixed.push_back(sumFixed);
  scanMem.QsumMoving.push_back(sumMoving);
  scanMem.QsumFixedMoving.push_back(sumFixedMoving);
  scanMem.Qcount.push_back(count);

  scanMem.QsumFixed2.pop_front();
  scanMem.QsumMoving2.pop_front();
  scanMem.QsumFixed.pop_front();
  scanMem.QsumMoving.pop_front();
  scanMem.QsumFixedMoving.pop_front();
  scanMem.Qcount.pop_front();
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::InitializeScanning(const ImageRegionType & scanRegion,
                                                      ScanIteratorType &      scanIt,
                                                      ScanMemType &           scanMem,
                                                      ScanParametersType &    scanParameters) const
{
  scanParameters.scanRegion = scanRegion;
  scanParameters.fixedImage = this->m_ANTSAssociate->m_FixedImage;
  scanParameters.movingImage = this->m_ANTSAssociate->m_MovingImage;
  scanParameters.virtualImage = this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetVirtualImage();
  scanParameters.radius = this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetRadius();

  OffsetValueType numberOfFillZero =
    this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetVirtualRegion().GetIndex(0) - (scanRegion.GetIndex(0) - scanParameters.radius[0]);

  if (numberOfFillZero < OffsetValueType{})
  {
    numberOfFillZero = OffsetValueType{};
  }

  scanParameters.numberOfFillZero = numberOfFillZero;

  scanIt = ScanIteratorType(scanParameters.radius, scanParameters.virtualImage, scanRegion);
  scanParameters.windowLength = scanIt.Size();
  scanParameters.scanRegionBeginIndexDim0 = scanIt.GetBeginIndex()[0];

  scanMem.fixedA = QueueRealType{};
  scanMem.movingA = QueueRealType{};
  scanMem.sFixedMoving = QueueRealType{};
  scanMem.sFixedFixed = QueueRealType{};
  scanMem.sMovingMoving = QueueRealType{};

  scanMem.fixedImageGradient.Fill(0.0);
  scanMem.movingImageGradient.Fill(0.0);
  scanMem.mappedMovingPoint.Fill(0.0);
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::UpdateQueues(const ScanIteratorType &   scanIt,
                                                ScanMemType &              scanMem,
                                                const ScanParametersType & scanParameters,
                                                const ThreadIdType         threadId) const
{
  if (scanIt.GetIndex()[0] == scanParameters.scanRegionBeginIndexDim0)
  {
    this->UpdateQueuesAtBeginningOfLine(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
  }
  else
  {
    this->UpdateQueuesToNextScanWindow(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
  }
}


template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
bool
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::ComputeInformationFromQueues(const ScanIteratorType & scanIt,
                                                                ScanMemType &            scanMem,
                                                                const ScanParametersType &,
                                                                const ThreadIdType) const
{
  using LocalRealType = InternalComputationValueType;

  const LocalRealType localZero{};

  LocalRealType count = localZero;

  auto itcount = scanMem.Qcount.begin();
  while (itcount != scanMem.Qcount.end())
  {
    count += *itcount;
    ++itcount;
  }

  if (count <= localZero)
  {
    // no points available in the queue, perhaps out of image region
    return false;
  }

  // If there are values, we need to calculate the different quantities
  LocalRealType sumFixed2 = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumMoving2 = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumFixed = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumMoving = localZero;
  LocalRealType sumFixedMoving = localZero;
  auto          itFixed2 = scanMem.QsumFixed2.begin();
  auto          itMoving2 = scanMem.QsumMoving2.begin();
  auto          itFixed = scanMem.QsumFixed.begin();
  auto          itMoving = scanMem.QsumMoving.begin();
  auto          itFixedMoving = scanMem.QsumFixedMoving.begin();

  while (itFixed2 != scanMem.QsumFixed2.end())
  {
    sumFixed2 += *itFixed2;
    sumMoving2 += *itMoving2;
    sumFixed += *itFixed;
    sumMoving += *itMoving;
    sumFixedMoving += *itFixedMoving;

    ++itFixed2;
    ++itMoving2;
    ++itFixed;
    ++itMoving;
    ++itFixedMoving;
  }

  LocalRealType fixedMean = sumFixed / count;
  LocalRealType movingMean = sumMoving / count;

  LocalRealType sFixedFixed = sumFixed2 - fixedMean * sumFixed - fixedMean * sumFixed + count * fixedMean * fixedMean;
  LocalRealType sMovingMoving =
    sumMoving2 - movingMean * sumMoving - movingMean * sumMoving + count * movingMean * movingMean;
  LocalRealType sFixedMoving =
    sumFixedMoving - movingMean * sumFixed - fixedMean * sumMoving + count * movingMean * fixedMean;

  typename VirtualImageType::IndexType oindex = scanIt.GetIndex();

  VirtualPointType        virtualPoint;
  FixedImagePointType     mappedFixedPoint;
  FixedImagePixelType     fixedImageValue;
  FixedImageGradientType  fixedImageGradient;
  MovingImagePointType    mappedMovingPoint;
  MovingImagePixelType    movingImageValue;
  MovingImageGradientType movingImageGradient;
  bool                    pointIsValid;

  this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformVirtualIndexToPhysicalPoint(oindex, virtualPoint);

  try
  {
    pointIsValid =
      this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateFixedPoint(virtualPoint, mappedFixedPoint, fixedImageValue);
    if (pointIsValid)
    {
      pointIsValid =
        this->m_ANTSAssociate->TransformAndEvaluateMovingPoint(virtualPoint, mappedMovingPoint, movingImageValue);
      if (pointIsValid && this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetComputeDerivative())
      {
        if (this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetGradientSourceIncludesFixed())
        {
          this->m_ANTSAssociate->ComputeFixedImageGradientAtPoint(mappedFixedPoint, fixedImageGradient);
        }
        if (this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetGradientSourceIncludesMoving())
        {
          this->m_ANTSAssociate->ComputeMovingImageGradientAtPoint(mappedMovingPoint, movingImageGradient);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  catch (const ExceptionObject & exc)
  {
    // NOTE: there must be a cleaner way to do this:
    std::string msg("Caught exception: \n");
    msg += exc.what();
    throw ExceptionObject(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg);
  }

  if (pointIsValid)
  {
    scanMem.fixedA = fixedImageValue - fixedMean;
    scanMem.movingA = movingImageValue - movingMean;
    scanMem.sFixedMoving = sFixedMoving;
    scanMem.sFixedFixed = sFixedFixed;
    scanMem.sMovingMoving = sMovingMoving;

    if (this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetComputeDerivative() && this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetGradientSourceIncludesFixed())
    {
      scanMem.fixedImageGradient = fixedImageGradient;
    }
    if (this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetComputeDerivative() && this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetGradientSourceIncludesMoving())
    {
      scanMem.movingImageGradient = movingImageGradient;
    }

    scanMem.mappedFixedPoint = mappedFixedPoint;
    scanMem.mappedMovingPoint = mappedMovingPoint;
    scanMem.virtualPoint = virtualPoint;
  }

  return pointIsValid;
}

template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
void
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<
  TDomainPartitioner,
  TImageToImageMetric,
  TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::ComputeMovingTransformDerivative(const ScanIteratorType &,
                                                                    ScanMemType & scanMem,
                                                                    const ScanParametersType &,
                                                                    DerivativeType &   deriv,
                                                                    MeasureType &      localCC,
                                                                    const ThreadIdType threadId) const
{
  MovingImageGradientType derivWRTImage;
  localCC = NumericTraits<MeasureType>::OneValue();

  using LocalRealType = InternalComputationValueType;

  LocalRealType sFixedFixed = scanMem.sFixedFixed;
  LocalRealType sMovingMoving = scanMem.sMovingMoving;
  LocalRealType sFixedMoving = scanMem.sFixedMoving;
  LocalRealType fixedI = scanMem.fixedA;
  LocalRealType movingI = scanMem.movingA;

  LocalRealType sFixedFixed_sMovingMoving = sFixedFixed * sMovingMoving;

  if (itk::Math::abs(sFixedFixed_sMovingMoving) > NumericTraits<LocalRealType>::epsilon())
  {
    localCC = sFixedMoving * sFixedMoving / (sFixedFixed_sMovingMoving);
  }

  if (this->m_ANTSAssociate->GetComputeDerivative())
  {
    const MovingImageGradientType movingImageGradient = scanMem.movingImageGradient;

    if (!(sFixedFixed > NumericTraits<LocalRealType>::epsilon() &&
          sMovingMoving > NumericTraits<LocalRealType>::epsilon()))
    {
      deriv.Fill(DerivativeValueType{});
      return;
    }

    for (ImageDimensionType qq = 0; qq < TImageToImageMetric::VirtualImageDimension; ++qq)
    {
      derivWRTImage[qq] = 2.0 * sFixedMoving / (sFixedFixed_sMovingMoving) *
                          (fixedI - sFixedMoving / sMovingMoving * movingI) * movingImageGradient[qq];
    }

    /* Use a pre-allocated jacobian object for efficiency */
    using JacobianReferenceType = JacobianType &;
    JacobianReferenceType jacobian = this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].MovingTransformJacobian;
    JacobianReferenceType jacobianPositional =
      this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].MovingTransformJacobianPositional;

    /** For dense transforms, this returns identity */
    this->m_Associate->GetMovingTransform()->ComputeJacobianWithRespectToParametersCachedTemporaries(
      scanMem.virtualPoint, jacobian, jacobianPositional);

    NumberOfParametersType numberOfLocalParameters =
      this->m_Associate->GetMovingTransform()->GetNumberOfLocalParameters();

    for (NumberOfParametersType par = 0; par < numberOfLocalParameters; ++par)
    {
      deriv[par] = DerivativeValueType{};
      for (ImageDimensionType dim = 0; dim < TImageToImageMetric::MovingImageDimension; ++dim)
      {
        deriv[par] += derivWRTImage[dim] * jacobian(dim, par);
      }
    }
  }
}

/*
 * Specific implementation for sparse threader. It reuse most of the routine from the dense threader by
 * reinitializing the scanning at every point.
 */
template <typename TDomainPartitioner, typename TImageToImageMetric, typename TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>
bool
ANTSNeighborhoodCorrelationImageToImageMetricv4GetValueAndDerivativeThreader<TDomainPartitioner,
                                                                             TImageToImageMetric,
                                                                             TNeighborhoodCorrelationMetric>::
  ProcessVirtualPoint_impl(IdentityHelper<ThreadedIndexedContainerPartitioner> itkNotUsed(self),
                           const VirtualIndexType &                            virtualIndex,
                           const VirtualPointType &                            itkNotUsed(virtualPoint),
                           const ThreadIdType                                  threadId)
{

  MeasureType        metricValueResult{};
  bool               pointIsValid;
  ScanIteratorType   scanIt;
  ScanParametersType scanParameters;
  ScanMemType        scanMem;

  DerivativeType & localDerivativeResult = this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].LocalDerivatives;


  // convert virtualPoint to a single point region
  typename ImageRegionType::SizeType singlePointSize;
  singlePointSize.Fill(1);
  const ImageRegionType singlePointRegion(virtualIndex, singlePointSize);

  // use scanning variables just for a single point region
  // iterate over the single point and initialize the scanning variables
  this->InitializeScanning(singlePointRegion, scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters);

  /* Iterate over the sub region of a single point*/
  scanIt.GoToBegin();

  try
  {
    pointIsValid = false;

    this->UpdateQueues(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
    pointIsValid = this->ComputeInformationFromQueues(scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, threadId);
    if (pointIsValid)
    {
      this->ComputeMovingTransformDerivative(
        scanIt, scanMem, scanParameters, localDerivativeResult, metricValueResult, threadId);
    }
  }
  catch (const ExceptionObject & exc)
  {
    // NOTE: there must be a cleaner way to do this:
    std::string msg("Caught exception: \n");
    msg += exc.what();
    throw ExceptionObject(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg);
  }

  /* Assign the results */
  if (pointIsValid)
  {
    this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].NumberOfValidPoints++;
    this->m_GetValueAndDerivativePerThreadVariables[threadId].Measure -= metricValueResult;
    /* Store the result. This depends on what type of
     * transform is being used. */
    if (this->GetComputeDerivative())
    {
      this->StorePointDerivativeResult(scanIt.GetIndex(), threadId);
    }
  }

  return pointIsValid;
}


} // end namespace itk

#endif
