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Here we simply read a 3D volume, // extract one of its slices and save it as a 2D image. Note that caution // should be used when working with 2D slices from a 3D dataset, since for // most image processing operations, the application of a filter on an // extracted slice is not equivalent to first applying the filter in the // volume and then extracting the slice. // // In this example we start by including the appropriate header files. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet #include "itkImageFileReader.h" #include "itkImageFileWriter.h" // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // 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 $(N-1)$-dimensional images from $N$-dimensional // ones. // // \index{itk::ExtractImageFilter!header} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet #include "itkExtractImageFilter.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] << " input3DImageFile output2DImageFile " << 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 $2D$. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet using InputPixelType = signed short; using OutputPixelType = signed short; using InputImageType = itk::Image; using OutputImageType = itk::Image; // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // The types for the \doxygen{ImageFileReader} and // \doxygen{ImageFileWriter} are instantiated using the image types. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet using ReaderType = itk::ImageFileReader; using WriterType = itk::ImageFileWriter; // 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 // // Below, we create the reader and writer using the \code{New()} method and // assign the result to a \doxygen{SmartPointer}. // // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!New()} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!New()} // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!SmartPointer} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SmartPointer} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New(); WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New(); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // The name of the file to be read or written is passed with the // \code{SetFileName()} method. // // \index{itk::ImageFileReader!SetFileName()} // \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!SetFileName()} // \index{SetFileName()!itk::ImageFileReader} // \index{SetFileName()!itk::ImageFileWriter} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet reader->SetFileName(inputFilename); writer->SetFileName(outputFilename); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // The ExtractImageFilter type is instantiated using the input and // output image types. A filter object is created with the \code{New()} // method and assigned to a \doxygen{SmartPointer}. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet using FilterType = itk::ExtractImageFilter; FilterType::Pointer filter = FilterType::New(); filter->InPlaceOn(); filter->SetDirectionCollapseToSubmatrix(); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // 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} indicating 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 $0$ in one dimension. This will indicate to // ExtractImageFilter that a dimensional reduction has been // specified. Here we take the region from the largest possible region of // the input image. Note that \code{UpdateOutputInformation()} is being // called first on the reader. This method updates the metadata in // the output image without actually reading in the bulk-data. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet reader->UpdateOutputInformation(); InputImageType::RegionType inputRegion = reader->GetOutput()->GetLargestPossibleRegion(); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // We take the size from the region and collapse the size in the $Z$ // component by setting its value to $0$. This will indicate to the // ExtractImageFilter that the output image should have a // dimension less than the input image. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet InputImageType::SizeType size = inputRegion.GetSize(); size[2] = 0; // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Note that in this case we are extracting a $Z$ slice, and for that // reason, the dimension to be collapsed is 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]=0;}. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // 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. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet InputImageType::IndexType start = inputRegion.GetIndex(); const unsigned int sliceNumber = std::stoi(argv[3]); start[2] = sliceNumber; // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Finally, an \doxygen{ImageRegion} object is created and initialized with // the start and size we just prepared using the slice information. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet InputImageType::RegionType desiredRegion; desiredRegion.SetSize(size); desiredRegion.SetIndex(start); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Then the region is passed to the filter using the // \code{SetExtractionRegion()} method. // // \index{itk::ExtractImageFilter!SetExtractionRegion()} // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet filter->SetExtractionRegion(desiredRegion); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Below we connect the reader, filter and writer to form the data // processing pipeline. // // Software Guide : EndLatex // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet filter->SetInput(reader->GetOutput()); writer->SetInput(filter->GetOutput()); // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet // Software Guide : BeginLatex // // Finally we execute the pipeline by invoking \code{Update()} on the // writer. The call is placed in a \code{try/catch} block in case // exceptions are thrown. // // 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 return EXIT_SUCCESS; }