ITK  4.6.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
IO/ImageReadExtractFilterInsertWrite.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This example illustrates the common task of extracting a 2D slice from a
// 3D volume. Perform some processing on that slice and then paste it on an
// output volume of the same size as the volume from the input.
//
// In this example we start by including the appropriate header files.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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//
// The filter used to extract a region from an image is the
// \doxygen{ExtractImageFilter}. Its header is included below. This filter
// is capable of extracting a slice from the input image.
//
// \index{itk::ExtractImageFilter!header}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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//
// The filter used to place the processed image in a region of the output
// image is the \doxygen{PasteImageFilter}. Its header is included below.
// This filter is capable of inserting the processed image into the
// destination image.
//
// \index{itk::PasteImageFilter!header}
//
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int main( int argc, char ** argv )
{
// Verify the number of parameters in the command line
if( argc < 3 )
{
std::cerr << "Usage: " << std::endl;
std::cerr << argv[0] << " input3DImageFile output3DImageFile " << std::endl;
std::cerr << " sliceNumber " << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Image types are defined below. Note that the input image type is $3D$ and
// the output image type is a $3D$ image as well.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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typedef unsigned char InputPixelType;
typedef unsigned char MiddlePixelType;
typedef unsigned char OutputPixelType;
typedef itk::Image< InputPixelType, 3 > InputImageType;
typedef itk::Image< MiddlePixelType, 3 > MiddleImageType;
typedef itk::Image< OutputPixelType, 3 > OutputImageType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// The types for the \doxygen{ImageFileReader} and \doxygen{ImageFileWriter}
// are instantiated using the image types.
//
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// Here we recover the file names from the command line arguments
//
const char * inputFilename = argv[1];
const char * outputFilename = argv[2];
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//
// Below, we create the reader and writer using the New() method and
// assigning the result to a \doxygen{SmartPointer}.
//
// \index{itk::ImageFileReader!New()}
// \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!New()}
// \index{itk::ImageFileReader!SmartPointer}
// \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SmartPointer}
//
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ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// The name of the file to be read or written is passed with the
// SetFileName() method.
//
// \index{itk::ImageFileReader!SetFileName()}
// \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SetFileName()}
// \index{SetFileName()!itk::ImageFileReader}
// \index{SetFileName()!itk::ImageFileWriter}
//
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reader->SetFileName( inputFilename );
writer->SetFileName( outputFilename );
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//
// The ExtractImageFilter type is instantiated using the input and
// output image types. A filter object is created with the New()
// method and assigned to a SmartPointer.
//
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ExtractFilterType;
ExtractFilterType::Pointer extractFilter = ExtractFilterType::New();
extractFilter->SetDirectionCollapseToSubmatrix();
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//
// The ExtractImageFilter requires a region to be defined by the user. The
// region is specified by an \doxygen{Index} indicating the pixel where the
// region starts and an \doxygen{Size} indication how many pixels the region
// has along each dimension. In order to extract a $2D$ image from a $3D$
// data set, it is enough to set the size of the region to $1$ in one
// dimension. Note that, strictly speaking, we are extracting here a $3D$
// image of a single slice. Here we take the region from the buffered region
// of the input image. Note that Update() is being called first on the
// reader, since otherwise the output would have invalid data.
//
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reader->Update();
const InputImageType * inputImage = reader->GetOutput();
InputImageType::RegionType inputRegion = inputImage->GetBufferedRegion();
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//
// We take the size from the region and collapse the size in the $Z$
// component by setting its value to $1$.
//
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InputImageType::SizeType size = inputRegion.GetSize();
size[2] = 1;
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//
// Note that in this case we are extracting a $Z$ slice, and for that
// reason, the dimension to be collapsed in the one with index $2$. You
// may keep in mind the association of index components
// $\{X=0,Y=1,Z=2\}$. If we were interested in extracting a slice
// perpendicular to the $Y$ axis we would have set \code{size[1]=1;}.
//
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//
// Then, we take the index from the region and set its $Z$ value to the
// slice number we want to extract. In this example we obtain the slice
// number from the command line arguments.
//
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InputImageType::IndexType start = inputRegion.GetIndex();
const unsigned int sliceNumber = atoi( argv[3] );
start[2] = sliceNumber;
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//
// Finally, an \doxygen{ImageRegion} object is created and initialized with
// the start and size we just prepared using the slice information.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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InputImageType::RegionType desiredRegion;
desiredRegion.SetSize( size );
desiredRegion.SetIndex( start );
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//
// Then the region is passed to the filter using the
// SetExtractionRegion() method.
//
// \index{itk::ExtractImageFilter!SetExtractionRegion()}
//
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extractFilter->SetExtractionRegion( desiredRegion );
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typedef itk::PasteImageFilter< MiddleImageType,
OutputImageType > PasteFilterType;
PasteFilterType::Pointer pasteFilter = PasteFilterType::New();
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typedef itk::MedianImageFilter< MiddleImageType,
MiddleImageType > MedianFilterType;
MedianFilterType::Pointer medianFilter = MedianFilterType::New();
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//
// Below we connect the reader, filter and writer to form the data
// processing pipeline.
//
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extractFilter->SetInput( inputImage );
medianFilter->SetInput( extractFilter->GetOutput() );
pasteFilter->SetSourceImage( medianFilter->GetOutput() );
pasteFilter->SetDestinationImage( inputImage );
pasteFilter->SetDestinationIndex( start );
MiddleImageType::SizeType indexRadius;
indexRadius[0] = 1; // radius along x
indexRadius[1] = 1; // radius along y
indexRadius[2] = 0; // radius along z
medianFilter->SetRadius( indexRadius );
medianFilter->UpdateLargestPossibleRegion();
const MiddleImageType * medianImage = medianFilter->GetOutput();
pasteFilter->SetSourceRegion( medianImage->GetBufferedRegion() );
writer->SetInput( pasteFilter->GetOutput() );
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//
// Finally we execute the pipeline by invoking Update() on the writer. The
// call is placed in a \code{try/catch} block in case exceptions are
// thrown.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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try
{
writer->Update();
}
catch( itk::ExceptionObject & err )
{
std::cerr << "ExceptionObject caught !" << std::endl;
std::cerr << err << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
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return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}