Examples/DataRepresentation/Image/VectorImage.cxx

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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Many image processing tasks require images of non-scalar pixel type. A
// typical example is an image of vectors. This is the image type required to
// represent the gradient of a scalar image. The following code illustrates
// how to instantiate and use an image whose pixels are of vector type.
//
// For convenience we use the \doxygen{Vector} class to define the pixel
// type.  The Vector class is intended to represent a geometrical vector in
// space. It is not intended to be used as an array container like the
// \href{https://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Vector.html}{\code{std::vector}} in
// \href{https://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/}{STL}.  If you are interested in
// containers, the \doxygen{VectorContainer} class may provide the
// functionality you want.
//
// \index{itk::Vector}
// \index{itk::Vector!header}
//
//
// The first step is to include the header file of the Vector class.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
 
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkVector.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
 
#include "itkImage.h"
 
int
main(int, char *[])
{
  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // The Vector class is templated over the type used to represent
  // the coordinate in space and over the dimension of the space.  In this
  // example, we want the vector dimension to match the image dimension, but
  // this is by no means a requirement. We could have defined a
  // four-dimensional image with three-dimensional vectors as pixels.
  //
  // \index{itk::Vector!Instantiation}
  // \index{itk::Vector!itk::Image}
  // \index{itk::Image!Vector pixel}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex
 
  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  using PixelType = itk::Vector<float, 3>;
  using ImageType = itk::Image<PixelType, 3>;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
 
  // Then the image object can be created
  auto image = ImageType::New();
 
  // The image region should be initialized
  const ImageType::IndexType start = {
    { 0, 0, 0 }
  }; // First index at {X,Y,Z}
  const ImageType::SizeType size = { { 200, 200, 200 } }; // Size of {X,Y,Z}
 
  ImageType::RegionType region;
  region.SetSize(size);
  region.SetIndex(start);
 
  // Pixel data is allocated
  image->SetRegions(region);
  image->Allocate();
 
  // The image buffer is initialized to a particular value
  ImageType::PixelType initialValue;
 
  // A vector can initialize all its components to the
  // same value by using the Fill() method.
  initialValue.Fill(0.0);
 
  // Now the image buffer can be initialized with this
  // vector value.
  image->FillBuffer(initialValue);
 
  const ImageType::IndexType pixelIndex = {
    { 27, 29, 37 }
  }; // Position {X,Y,Z}
 
  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // The Vector class inherits the operator \code{[]} from the
  // \doxygen{FixedArray} class. This makes it possible to access the
  // Vector's components using index notation.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex
 
  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  ImageType::PixelType pixelValue;
  pixelValue[0] = 1.345; // x component
  pixelValue[1] = 6.841; // y component
  pixelValue[2] = 3.295; // x component
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
 
  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // We can now store this vector in one of the image pixels by defining an
  // index and invoking the \code{SetPixel()} method.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex
 
  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  image->SetPixel(pixelIndex, pixelValue);
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
 
  // The GetPixel method can also be used to read Vectors
  // pixels from the image
  ImageType::PixelType value = image->GetPixel(pixelIndex);
 
  std::cout << value << std::endl;
 
  // Lets repeat that both \code{SetPixel()} and \code{GetPixel()} are
  // inefficient and should only be used for debugging purposes or for
  // implementing interactions with a graphical user interface such as
  // querying pixel value by clicking with the mouse.
 
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}