bool mitk::NavigationDataLandmarkTransformFilter::FindCorrespondentLandmarks(LandmarkPointContainer& sources, const LandmarkPointContainer& targets) const
{
  if (sources.size() < 6 || targets.size() < 6)
    return false;
  //throw std::invalid_argument("ICP correspondence finding needs at least 6 landmarks");

  /* lots of type definitions */
  typedef itk::PointSet<mitk::ScalarType, 3> PointSetType;
  //typedef itk::BoundingBox<PointSetType::PointIdentifier, PointSetType::PointDimension> BoundingBoxType;

  typedef itk::EuclideanDistancePointMetric< PointSetType, PointSetType> MetricType;
  //typedef MetricType::TransformType TransformBaseType;
  //typedef MetricType::TransformType::ParametersType ParametersType;
  //typedef TransformBaseType::JacobianType JacobianType;
  //typedef itk::Euler3DTransform< double > TransformType;
  typedef itk::VersorRigid3DTransform< double > TransformType;
  typedef TransformType ParametersType;
  typedef itk::PointSetToPointSetRegistrationMethod< PointSetType, PointSetType > RegistrationType;

  /* copy landmarks to itk pointsets for registration */
  PointSetType::Pointer sourcePointSet = PointSetType::New();
  unsigned int i = 0;
  for (LandmarkPointContainer::const_iterator it = sources.begin(); it != sources.end(); ++it)
  {
    PointSetType::PointType doublePoint;
    mitk::itk2vtk(*it, doublePoint); // copy mitk::ScalarType point into double point as workaround to ITK 3.10 bug
    sourcePointSet->SetPoint(i++, doublePoint /**it*/);
  }

  i = 0;
  PointSetType::Pointer targetPointSet = PointSetType::New();
  for (LandmarkPointContainer::const_iterator it = targets.begin(); it != targets.end(); ++it)
  {
    PointSetType::PointType doublePoint;
    mitk::itk2vtk(*it, doublePoint); // copy mitk::ScalarType point into double point as workaround to ITK 3.10 bug
    targetPointSet->SetPoint(i++, doublePoint /**it*/);
  }

  /* get centroid and extends of our pointsets */
  //BoundingBoxType::Pointer sourceBoundingBox = BoundingBoxType::New();
  //sourceBoundingBox->SetPoints(sourcePointSet->GetPoints());
  //sourceBoundingBox->ComputeBoundingBox();
  //BoundingBoxType::Pointer targetBoundingBox = BoundingBoxType::New();
  //targetBoundingBox->SetPoints(targetPointSet->GetPoints());
  //targetBoundingBox->ComputeBoundingBox();


  TransformType::Pointer transform = TransformType::New();
  transform->SetIdentity();
  //transform->SetTranslation(targetBoundingBox->GetCenter() - sourceBoundingBox->GetCenter());

  itk::LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer::Pointer optimizer = itk::LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer::New();
  optimizer->SetUseCostFunctionGradient(false);

  RegistrationType::Pointer registration = RegistrationType::New();

  // Scale the translation components of the Transform in the Optimizer
  itk::LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer::ScalesType scales(transform->GetNumberOfParameters());
  const double translationScale = 5000; //sqrtf(targetBoundingBox->GetDiagonalLength2())  * 1000; // dynamic range of translations
  const double rotationScale = 1.0; // dynamic range of rotations
  scales[0] = 1.0 / rotationScale;
  scales[1] = 1.0 / rotationScale;
  scales[2] = 1.0 / rotationScale;
  scales[3] = 1.0 / translationScale;
  scales[4] = 1.0 / translationScale;
  scales[5] = 1.0 / translationScale;
  //scales.Fill(0.01);
  unsigned long numberOfIterations = 80000;
  double gradientTolerance = 1e-10; // convergence criterion
  double valueTolerance = 1e-10; // convergence criterion
  double epsilonFunction = 1e-10; // convergence criterion
  optimizer->SetScales( scales );
  optimizer->SetNumberOfIterations( numberOfIterations );
  optimizer->SetValueTolerance( valueTolerance );
  optimizer->SetGradientTolerance( gradientTolerance );
  optimizer->SetEpsilonFunction( epsilonFunction );


  registration->SetInitialTransformParameters( transform->GetParameters() );
  //------------------------------------------------------
  // Connect all the components required for Registration
  //------------------------------------------------------
  MetricType::Pointer metric = MetricType::New();

  registration->SetMetric( metric );
  registration->SetOptimizer( optimizer );
  registration->SetTransform( transform );
  registration->SetFixedPointSet( targetPointSet );
  registration->SetMovingPointSet( sourcePointSet );

  try
  {
    //registration->StartRegistration();
    registration->Update();
  }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & e )
  {
    MITK_INFO << "Exception caught during ICP optimization: " << e;
    return false;
    //throw e;
  }
  MITK_INFO << "ICP successful: Solution = " << transform->GetParameters() << std::endl;
  MITK_INFO << "Metric value: " << metric->GetValue(transform->GetParameters());

  /* find point correspondences */
  //mitk::PointLocator::Pointer pointLocator = mitk::PointLocator::New();  // <<- use mitk::PointLocator instead of searching manually?
  //pointLocator->SetPoints()
  for (LandmarkPointContainer::const_iterator sourcesIt = sources.begin(); sourcesIt != sources.end(); ++sourcesIt)
  {
  }
  //MetricType::MeasureType closestDistances = metric->GetValue(transform->GetParameters());
  //unsigned int index = 0;
  LandmarkPointContainer sortedSources;
  for (LandmarkPointContainer::const_iterator targetsIt = targets.begin(); targetsIt != targets.end(); ++targetsIt)
  {
    double minDistance = itk::NumericTraits<double>::max();
    LandmarkPointContainer::iterator minDistanceIterator = sources.end();
    for (LandmarkPointContainer::iterator sourcesIt = sources.begin(); sourcesIt != sources.end(); ++sourcesIt)
    {
      TransformInitializerType::LandmarkPointType transformedSource = transform->TransformPoint(*sourcesIt);
      double dist = targetsIt->EuclideanDistanceTo(transformedSource);
      MITK_INFO << "target: " << *targetsIt << ", source: " << *sourcesIt << ", transformed source: " << transformedSource << ", dist: " << dist;
      if (dist < minDistance )
      {
        minDistanceIterator = sourcesIt;
        minDistance = dist;
      }
    }
    if (minDistanceIterator == sources.end())
      return false;
    MITK_INFO << "minimum distance point is: " << *minDistanceIterator << " (dist: " << targetsIt->EuclideanDistanceTo(transform->TransformPoint(*minDistanceIterator)) << ", minDist: " << minDistance << ")";
    sortedSources.push_back(*minDistanceIterator); // this point is assigned
    sources.erase(minDistanceIterator); // erase it from sources to avoid duplicate assigns
  }
  //for (LandmarkPointContainer::const_iterator sortedSourcesIt = sortedSources.begin(); targetsIt != sortedSources.end(); ++targetsIt)
  sources = sortedSources;
  return true;
}