itkConnectedComponentImageFilter.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkConnectedComponentImageFilter.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2007-10-05 10:31:58 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.17 $

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#ifndef __itkConnectedComponentImageFilter_h
#define __itkConnectedComponentImageFilter_h

#include "itkImageToImageFilter.h"
#include "itkImage.h"
#include "itkConceptChecking.h"
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include "itkProgressReporter.h"

namespace itk
{

template <class TInputImage, class TOutputImage, class TMaskImage=TInputImage>
class ITK_EXPORT ConnectedComponentImageFilter : 
    public ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage > 
{
public:
  typedef ConnectedComponentImageFilter                   Self;
  typedef ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage > Superclass;

  typedef typename Superclass::InputImagePointer InputImagePointer;

  typedef typename TOutputImage::PixelType         OutputPixelType;
  typedef typename TOutputImage::InternalPixelType OutputInternalPixelType;
  typedef typename TInputImage::PixelType          InputPixelType;
  typedef typename TInputImage::InternalPixelType  InputInternalPixelType;
  typedef typename TMaskImage::PixelType           MaskPixelType;
  itkStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension, unsigned int,
                      TOutputImage::ImageDimension);
  itkStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension, unsigned int,
                      TOutputImage::ImageDimension);
  itkStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension, unsigned int,
                      TInputImage::ImageDimension);

  typedef TInputImage                       InputImageType;
  typedef TMaskImage                        MaskImageType;
  typedef typename TInputImage::IndexType   IndexType;
  typedef typename TInputImage::SizeType    SizeType;
  typedef typename TInputImage::OffsetType  OffsetType;

  typedef TOutputImage                      OutputImageType;
  typedef typename TOutputImage::RegionType RegionType;
  typedef typename TOutputImage::IndexType  OutputIndexType;
  typedef typename TOutputImage::SizeType   OutputSizeType;
  typedef typename TOutputImage::OffsetType OutputOffsetType;

  typedef std::list<IndexType>              ListType;
  typedef typename MaskImageType::Pointer   MaskImagePointer;

  typedef SmartPointer<Self>        Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>  ConstPointer;

  itkTypeMacro(ConnectedComponentImageFilter, ImageToImageFilter);

  itkNewMacro(Self);

  itkSetMacro(FullyConnected, bool);
  itkGetConstReferenceMacro(FullyConnected, bool);
  itkBooleanMacro(FullyConnected);

  // only set after completion
  itkGetConstReferenceMacro(ObjectCount, unsigned long);

  // Concept checking -- input and output dimensions must be the same
  itkConceptMacro(SameDimension,
    (Concept::SameDimension<itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension),
       itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension)>));


  void SetMaskImage(TMaskImage* mask)
    {
    this->SetNthInput(1, const_cast<TMaskImage *>( mask ));
    }

  const TMaskImage* GetMaskImage() const
    {
    return (static_cast<const TMaskImage*>(this->ProcessObject::GetInput(1)));
    }
  
protected:
  ConnectedComponentImageFilter() 
    {
    m_FullyConnected = false;
    m_ObjectCount = 0;
    }
  virtual ~ConnectedComponentImageFilter() {}
  ConnectedComponentImageFilter(const Self&) {}
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const;

  void GenerateData();

  void GenerateInputRequestedRegion();

  void EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion(DataObject *itkNotUsed(output));

  bool m_FullyConnected;
  
private:
  unsigned long m_ObjectCount;
  // some additional types
  typedef typename TOutputImage::RegionType::SizeType OutSizeType;

  // types to support the run length encoding of lines
  class runLength
    {
    public:
    // run length information - may be a more type safe way of doing this
    long int length;
    typename InputImageType::IndexType where; // Index of the start of the run
    unsigned long int label; // the initial label of the run
    };

  typedef std::vector<runLength> lineEncoding;

  // the map storing lines
  typedef std::map<long, lineEncoding> LineMapType;
  
  typedef std::vector<long> OffsetVec;

  // the types to support union-find operations
  typedef std::vector<unsigned long int> UnionFindType;
  UnionFindType m_UnionFind;
  UnionFindType m_Consecutive;
  // functions to support union-find operations
  void InitUnion(const unsigned long int size) 
    {
    m_UnionFind = UnionFindType(size + 1);
    }
  void InsertSet(const unsigned long int label);
  unsigned long int LookupSet(const unsigned long int label);
  void LinkLabels(const unsigned long int lab1, const unsigned long int lab2);
  unsigned long int CreateConsecutive();
  bool CheckNeighbors(const OutputIndexType &A, 
                      const OutputIndexType &B);

  void CompareLines(lineEncoding &current, const lineEncoding &Neighbour);

  void FillOutput(const LineMapType &LineMap,
                  ProgressReporter &progress);

  void SetupLineOffsets(OffsetVec &LineOffsets);
};
  
} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkConnectedComponentImageFilter.txx"
#endif

#endif

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