typename TImage::Pointer modelBasedImageToImageRegistration(std::string referenceFilename,
																					std::string targetFilename, 
																					typename TStatisticalModelType::Pointer model,
																					std::string outputDfFilename,
																					unsigned numberOfIterations){

	typedef itk::ImageFileReader<TImage> ImageReaderType;
	typedef itk::InterpolatingStatisticalDeformationModelTransform<TRepresenter, double, VImageDimension> TransformType;
	typedef itk::LBFGSOptimizer OptimizerType;
	typedef itk::ImageRegistrationMethod<TImage, TImage> RegistrationFilterType;
	typedef itk::WarpImageFilter< TImage, TImage, TVectorImage > WarperType;
	typedef itk::LinearInterpolateImageFunction< TImage, double > InterpolatorType;
	
	typename ImageReaderType::Pointer referenceReader = ImageReaderType::New();
	referenceReader->SetFileName(referenceFilename.c_str());
	referenceReader->Update();
	typename TImage::Pointer referenceImage = referenceReader->GetOutput();
	referenceImage->Update();

	typename ImageReaderType::Pointer targetReader = ImageReaderType::New();
	targetReader->SetFileName(targetFilename.c_str());
	targetReader->Update();
	typename TImage::Pointer targetImage = targetReader->GetOutput();
	targetImage->Update();

	// do the fitting
	typename TransformType::Pointer transform = TransformType::New();
	transform->SetStatisticalModel(model);
	transform->SetIdentity();

	// Setting up the fitting
	OptimizerType::Pointer optimizer = OptimizerType::New();
	optimizer->MinimizeOn();
	optimizer->SetMaximumNumberOfFunctionEvaluations(numberOfIterations);

	typedef  IterationStatusObserver ObserverType;
	ObserverType::Pointer observer = ObserverType::New();
	optimizer->AddObserver( itk::IterationEvent(), observer );

	typename TMetricType::Pointer metric = TMetricType::New();
	typename InterpolatorType::Pointer interpolator = InterpolatorType::New();

	typename RegistrationFilterType::Pointer registration = RegistrationFilterType::New();
	registration->SetInitialTransformParameters(transform->GetParameters());
	registration->SetMetric(metric);
	registration->SetOptimizer(   optimizer   );
	registration->SetTransform(   transform );
	registration->SetInterpolator( interpolator );
	registration->SetFixedImage( targetImage );
	registration->SetFixedImageRegion(targetImage->GetBufferedRegion() );
	registration->SetMovingImage( referenceImage );

	try {
		std::cout << "Performing registration... " << std::flush;
		registration->Update();
		std::cout << "[done]" << std::endl;

	} catch ( itk::ExceptionObject& o ) {
		std::cout << "caught exception " << o << std::endl;
	}

	typename TVectorImage::Pointer df = model->DrawSample(transform->GetCoefficients());

	// write deformation field
	if(outputDfFilename.size()>0){
		typename itk::ImageFileWriter<TVectorImage>::Pointer df_writer = itk::ImageFileWriter<TVectorImage>::New();
		df_writer->SetFileName(outputDfFilename);
		df_writer->SetInput(df);
		df_writer->Update();
	}

	
	// warp reference
	std::cout << "Warping reference... " << std::flush;
	typename WarperType::Pointer warper = WarperType::New();
	warper->SetInput(referenceImage  );
	warper->SetInterpolator( interpolator );
	warper->SetOutputSpacing( targetImage->GetSpacing() );
	warper->SetOutputOrigin( targetImage->GetOrigin() );
	warper->SetOutputDirection( targetImage->GetDirection() );
	warper->SetDisplacementField( df );
	warper->Update();
	std::cout << "[done]" << std::endl;

	return warper->GetOutput();
}