ITK  4.9.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/Iterators/ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// \index{Iterators!and image slices}
//
// The \doxygen{ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex} class is an extension of
// \doxygen{ImageLinearIteratorWithIndex} from iteration along lines to
// iteration along both lines \emph{and planes} in an image.
// A \emph{slice} is a 2D
// plane spanned by two vectors pointing along orthogonal coordinate axes. The
// slice orientation of the slice iterator is defined by specifying its two
// spanning axes.
//
// \begin{itemize}
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!SetFirstDirection()}
// \item \textbf{\code{SetFirstDirection()}}
// Specifies the first coordinate axis
// direction of the slice plane.
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!SetSecondDirection()}
// \item \textbf{\code{SetSecondDirection()}}
// Specifies the second coordinate axis
// direction of the slice plane.
// \end{itemize}
//
// Several new methods control movement from slice to slice.
//
// \begin{itemize}
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!NextSlice()}
// \item \textbf{\code{NextSlice()}} Moves the iterator to the beginning pixel
// location of the next slice in the image. The origin of the next slice is
// calculated by incrementing the current origin index along the fastest
// increasing dimension of the image subspace which excludes the first and
// second dimensions of the iterator.
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!PreviousSlice()}
// \item \textbf{\code{PreviousSlice()}} Moves the iterator to the \emph{last
// valid pixel location} in the previous slice. The origin of the previous
// slice is calculated by decrementing the current origin index along the
// fastest increasing dimension of the image subspace which excludes the first
// and second dimensions of the iterator.
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!IsAtReverseEndOfSlice()}
// \item \textbf{\code{IsAtReverseEndOfSlice()}} Returns true if the iterator
// points to \emph{one position before} the beginning pixel of the current
// slice.
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!IsAtEndOfSlice()}
// \item \textbf{\code{IsAtEndOfSlice()}} Returns true if the iterator points
// to \emph{one position past} the last valid pixel of the current slice.
//
// \end{itemize}
//
// The slice iterator moves line by line using \code{NextLine()} and
// \code{PreviousLine()}. The line direction is parallel to the \emph{second}
// coordinate axis direction of the slice plane (see also
// Section~\ref{sec:itkImageLinearIteratorWithIndex}).
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!example of using|(}
// The next code example calculates the maximum intensity projection along one
// of the coordinate axes of an image volume. The algorithm is straightforward
// using ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex because we can coordinate
// movement through a slice of the 3D input image with movement through the 2D
// planar output.
//
// Here is how the algorithm works. For each 2D slice of the input, iterate
// through all the pixels line by line. Copy a pixel value to the corresponding
// position in the 2D output image if it is larger than the value already
// contained there. When all slices have been processed, the output image is
// the desired maximum intensity projection.
//
// We include a header for the const version of the slice iterator. For writing
// values to the 2D projection image, we use the linear iterator from the
// previous section. The linear iterator is chosen because it can be set to
// follow the same path in its underlying 2D image that the slice iterator
// follows over each slice of the 3D image.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
#include "itkImage.h"
#include "vnl/vnl_math.h"
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
// Verify the number of parameters on the command line.
if ( argc < 4 )
{
std::cerr << "Missing parameters. " << std::endl;
std::cerr << "Usage: " << std::endl;
std::cerr << argv[0]
<< " inputImageFile outputImageFile projectionDirection"
<< std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The pixel type is defined as \code{unsigned short}. For this application,
// we need two image types, a 3D image for the input, and a 2D image for the
// intensity projection.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef unsigned short PixelType;
typedef itk::Image< PixelType, 2 > ImageType2D;
typedef itk::Image< PixelType, 3 > ImageType3D;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// A slice iterator type is defined to walk the input image.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
> SliceIteratorType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
ImageType3D::ConstPointer inputImage;
ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
try
{
reader->Update();
inputImage = reader->GetOutput();
}
catch ( itk::ExceptionObject &err)
{
std::cerr << "ExceptionObject caught !" << std::endl;
std::cerr << err << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The projection direction is read from the command line. The projection image
// will be the size of the 2D plane orthogonal to the projection direction.
// Its spanning vectors are the two remaining coordinate axes in the volume.
// These axes are recorded in the \code{direction} array.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
unsigned int projectionDirection =
static_cast<unsigned int>( ::atoi( argv[3] ) );
unsigned int i, j;
unsigned int direction[2];
for (i = 0, j = 0; i < 3; ++i )
{
if (i != projectionDirection)
{
direction[j] = i;
j++;
}
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The \code{direction} array is now used to define the projection image size
// based on the input image size. The output image is created so that its
// common dimension(s) with the input image are the same size. For example,
// if we project along the $x$ axis of the input, the size and origin of the
// $y$ axes of the input and output will match. This makes the code slightly
// more complicated, but prevents a counter-intuitive rotation of the output.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
ImageType2D::RegionType region;
ImageType2D::RegionType::SizeType size;
ImageType2D::RegionType::IndexType index;
ImageType3D::RegionType requestedRegion = inputImage->GetRequestedRegion();
index[ direction[0] ] = requestedRegion.GetIndex()[ direction[0] ];
index[ 1- direction[0] ] = requestedRegion.GetIndex()[ direction[1] ];
size[ direction[0] ] = requestedRegion.GetSize()[ direction[0] ];
size[ 1- direction[0] ] = requestedRegion.GetSize()[ direction[1] ];
region.SetSize( size );
region.SetIndex( index );
ImageType2D::Pointer outputImage = ImageType2D::New();
outputImage->SetRegions( region );
outputImage->Allocate();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Next we create the necessary iterators. The const slice iterator walks
// the 3D input image, and the non-const linear iterator walks the 2D output
// image. The iterators are initialized to walk the same linear path through
// a slice. Remember that the \emph{second} direction of the slice iterator
// defines the direction that linear iteration walks within a slice.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
SliceIteratorType inputIt( inputImage, inputImage->GetRequestedRegion() );
LinearIteratorType outputIt( outputImage,
outputImage->GetRequestedRegion() );
inputIt.SetFirstDirection( direction[1] );
inputIt.SetSecondDirection( direction[0] );
outputIt.SetDirection( 1 - direction[0] );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide: BeginLatex
//
// Now we are ready to compute the projection. The first step is to initialize
// all of the projection values to their nonpositive minimum value. The
// projection values are then updated row by row from the first slice of the
// input. At the end of the first slice, the input iterator steps to the first
// row in the next slice, while the output iterator, whose underlying image
// consists of only one slice, rewinds to its first row. The process repeats
// until the last slice of the input is processed.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
outputIt.GoToBegin();
while ( ! outputIt.IsAtEnd() )
{
while ( ! outputIt.IsAtEndOfLine() )
{
++outputIt;
}
outputIt.NextLine();
}
inputIt.GoToBegin();
outputIt.GoToBegin();
while( !inputIt.IsAtEnd() )
{
while ( !inputIt.IsAtEndOfSlice() )
{
while ( !inputIt.IsAtEndOfLine() )
{
outputIt.Set( vnl_math_max( outputIt.Get(), inputIt.Get() ));
++inputIt;
++outputIt;
}
outputIt.NextLine();
inputIt.NextLine();
}
outputIt.GoToBegin();
inputIt.NextSlice();
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
writer->SetFileName( argv[2] );
writer->SetInput(outputImage);
try
{
writer->Update();
}
catch ( itk::ExceptionObject &err)
{
std::cerr << "ExceptionObject caught !" << std::endl;
std::cerr << err << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Running this example code on the 3D image
// \code{Examples/Data/BrainProtonDensity3Slices.mha} using the $z$-axis as
// the axis of projection gives the image shown in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ImageSliceIteratorWithIndexOutput}.
//
// \begin{figure}
// \centering
// \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{ImageSliceIteratorWithIndexOutput}
// \itkcaption[Maximum intensity projection using ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex]{The
// maximum intensity projection through three slices of a volume.}
// \protect\label{fig:ImageSliceIteratorWithIndexOutput}
// \end{figure}
//
//
// \index{itk::Image\-Slice\-Iterator\-With\-Index!example of using|)}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}