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. 2007 Sep 25;29(11):1288–1301. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20465

Table I.

Mean errors ± SD for consecutive stages of the coregistration procedures using the moment and least‐squares method for the initial guessa

Coregistration procedure Initial fit
Moment Least‐squares
Target registration error (TRE)
 Initial fit 47.1 ± 4.7 8.7 ± 2.7
 Surface 25.8 ± 32.6 4.9 ± 0.5
 Scaling 25.1 ± 32.5 4.6 ± 0.4
 Scalp forcing 25.0 ± 32.9 4.4 ± 0.6
Fiducial registration error (FRE)
 Initial fit 59.8 ± 10.3 3.8 ± 1.6
 Surface 24.4 ± 28.5 6.8 ± 1.9
 Scaling 23.7 ± 28.1 6.7 ± 1.7
 Scalp forcing 21.9 ± 26.3 5.9 ± 1.4
Residual error (RE)
 Initial fit 13.2 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 0.6
 Surface 3.9 ± 3.6 1.6 ± 0.1
 Scaling 3.5 ± 3.4 1.4 ± 0.1
 Scalp forcing 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0
a

Three assessments of error are reported.