oro.nifti (version 0.1.4)

quaternion2rotation: Convert Quaternion into a Rotation Matrix

Description

The rotation matrix $R$ is calculated from the quaternion parameters.

Usage

quaternion2rotation(b, c, d)

Arguments

b

is the quaternion $b$ parameter.

c

is the quaternion $c$ parameter.

d

is the quaternion $d$ parameter.

Value

• The (proper) 3x3 rotation matrix.

Details

The quaternion representation is chosen for its compactness in representing rotations. The orientation of the (x,y,z) axes relative to the (i,j,k) axes in 3D space is specified using a unit quaternion [a,b,c,d], where a*a+b*b+c*c+d*d=1. The (b,c,d) values are all that is needed, since we require that a = sqrt(1.0-(b*b+c*c+d*d)) be nonnegative. The (b,c,d) values are stored in the (quatern_b,quatern_c,quatern_d) fields.

References

NIfTI-1 http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/

Examples

R <- quaternion2rotation(1, 0, 0)
## This R matrix is represented by quaternion [a,b,c,d] = [0,1,0,0]
## (which encodes a 180 degree rotation about the x-axis).
R