dist_sph.m

function d = dist_sph(vec,sensloc)
%DIST_SPH - FMINS distance function used to minimize the fit to a sphere
% function d = dist_sph(vec,sensloc)
% Given center and list of sensor points
%  find the average distance from the center to these points

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% CATEGORY: Utility - Numeric
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% Alphabetical list of external functions (non-Matlab):
%   toolbox\norlig.m
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% At Check-in: $Author: Mosher $  $Revision: 17 $  $Date: 6/27/05 8:59a $
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% This software is part of BrainStorm Toolbox Version 27-June-2005  
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% Principal Investigators and Developers:
% ** Richard M. Leahy, PhD, Signal & Image Processing Institute,
%    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
% ** John C. Mosher, PhD, Biophysics Group,
%    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
% ** Sylvain Baillet, PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience & Brain Imaging Laboratory,
%    CNRS, Hopital de la Salpetriere, Paris, France
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% History -----------------------------------------
% JCM mid-1990s  creation
% SB late 90s  update
% JCM 08-Sep-2003  comments
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R = vec(end);
center = vec(1:end-1);
nmes = size(sensloc,1);
d = mean(abs(norlig(sensloc - ones(nmes,1)*center) - R)); % Average distance between the center if mass and the electrodes