[Akarsh-Doki]

Closes #6711.

Description

This PR adds a documentation note to the Transpose and Transposed
transforms clarifying that they do not update the affine matrix in the
image metadata. As established in #5975, this is intended behavior:
applying an affine-dependent transform such as Spacing/Spacingd
after Transpose/Transposed can therefore produce unexpected results.
The note points users to Orientation/Orientationd for affine-aware
reorientation.

This is a documentation-only change; no functional code is modified.

Types of changes

• Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
• Breaking change (fix or new feature that would cause existing functionality to change).
• New tests added to cover the changes.
• Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage.
• Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests --disttests.
• In-line docstrings updated.
• Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

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Walkthrough

This PR adds documentation notes to the Transpose and Transposed transforms in MONAI's utility module. Both notes clarify that transposition does not update the affine matrix in metadata, which can cause unexpected behavior when affine-dependent transforms (such as Spacing) are applied afterward. The updates point users to Orientation and Orientationd for affine-aware reorientation.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	Title accurately summarizes the main change: adding docstring notes clarifying that Transpose/Transposed do not update affine matrices.
Description check	✅ Passed	Description covers all required sections: references linked issue, clearly explains the change, marks non-breaking change, and indicates docstrings updated.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	PR directly addresses issue #6711 by documenting the intended behavior that Transpose/Transposed do not update affine matrices and warning of downstream effects with affine-dependent transforms.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Changes are limited to docstring updates in Transpose and Transposed transforms, staying squarely within the scope of issue #6711.
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[ericspod]

Hi @Akarsh-Doki thanks for the added documentation, this is a good note to add for users.