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This // circumvents the \doxygen{ImageIOFactory} mechanism which tries to find // the appropriate ImageIO class for performing the IO operations. Explicit // selection of the ImageIO also allows the user to invoke specialized // features of a particular class which may not be available from the // general API provided by ImageIO. // // The following example illustrates explicit instantiation of an IO class // (in this case a VTK file format), setting its parameters and then // connecting it to the \doxygen{ImageFileWriter}. // // The example begins by including the appropriate headers. // // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!header} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!header} // \index{itk::VTKImageIO!header} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet #include "itkImageFileReader.h" #include "itkImageFileWriter.h" #include "itkVTKImageIO.h" // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet #include "itkImage.h" 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] << " inputImageFile outputImageFile " << std::endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; } // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Then, as usual, we select the pixel types and the image // dimension. Remember, if the file format represents pixels with a // particular type, C-style casting will be performed to convert the data. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet using PixelType = unsigned short; constexpr unsigned int Dimension = 2; using ImageType = itk::Image; // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // We can now instantiate the reader and writer. These two classes are // parameterized over the image type. We instantiate the // \doxygen{VTKImageIO} class as well. Note that the ImageIO objects are // not templated. // // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!Instantiation} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!Instantiation} // \index{itk::VTKImageIO!Instantiation} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet using ReaderType = itk::ImageFileReader; using WriterType = itk::ImageFileWriter; using ImageIOType = itk::VTKImageIO; // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Then, we create one object of each type 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} // \index{itk::VTKImageIO!New()} // \index{itk::VTKImageIO!SmartPointer} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New(); WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New(); ImageIOType::Pointer vtkIO = ImageIOType::New(); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // // Here we recover the file names from the command line arguments // const char * inputFilename = argv[1]; const char * outputFilename = argv[2]; // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // The name of the file to be read or written is passed with the // SetFileName() method. // // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!SetFileName()} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SetFileName()} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet reader->SetFileName(inputFilename); writer->SetFileName(outputFilename); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // We can now connect these readers and writers to filters in a // pipeline. For example, we can create a short pipeline by passing the // output of the reader directly to the input of the writer. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet writer->SetInput(reader->GetOutput()); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Explicitly declaring the specific VTKImageIO allow users to // invoke methods specific to a particular IO class. For example, the // following line specifies to the writer to use ASCII format when writing // the pixel data. // // \index{itk::VTKImageIO!SetFileTypeToASCII()} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet vtkIO->SetFileTypeToASCII(); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // The VTKImageIO object is then connected to the // ImageFileWriter. This will short-circuit the action of the // ImageIOFactory mechanism. The ImageFileWriter will // not attempt to look for other ImageIO objects capable of // performing the writing tasks. It will simply invoke the one provided by // the user. // // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SetImageIO()} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet writer->SetImageIO(vtkIO); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Finally we invoke Update() on the ImageFileWriter and // place this call inside a try/catch block in case any errors occur during // the writing process. // // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SetImageIO()} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet try { writer->Update(); } catch (const itk::ExceptionObject & err) { std::cerr << "ExceptionObject caught !" << std::endl; std::cerr << err << std::endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; } // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Although this example only illustrates how to use an explicit // ImageIO class with the ImageFileWriter, the same // can be done with the ImageFileReader. The typical case in // which this is done is when reading raw image files with the // \doxygen{RawImageIO} object. The drawback of this approach is that the // parameters of the image have to be explicitly written in the code. The // direct use of raw files is \textbf{strongly discouraged} in medical // imaging. It is always better to create a header for a raw file by // using any of the file formats that combine a text header file and a raw // binary file, like \doxygen{MetaImageIO}, \doxygen{GiplImageIO} and // \doxygen{VTKImageIO}. // // Software Guide : EndLatex return EXIT_SUCCESS; }