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Table 1 Cosines of interest and their associated angles for the z axis

From: Quantifying the variability between multiple multiplanar reconstructions of computed tomography scans

Recon

zx cosine

zx angle (°)

zy cosine

zy angle (°)

1

−0.015

0.835

−0.008

0.465

2

0.016

−0.905

−0.009

0.488

3

−0.002

0.100

0.017

−0.969

  1. When considering z axis deviations from perfect alignment, errors along the x and y axes are of interest. The cosines produced by reverse rotation are shown for the three reconstructions (recon) along with their associated angular deviations from the z axis (corrected by subtraction of 90°)