ITK  4.13.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/DataRepresentation/Mesh/MeshTraits.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This section illustrates the full power of
// \href{http://www.boost.org/more/generic_programming.html}{Generic
// Programming}. This is sometimes perceived as \emph{too much of a good
// thing}!
//
// The toolkit has been designed to offer flexibility while keeping the
// complexity of the code to a moderate level. This is achieved in the Mesh by
// hiding most of its parameters and defining reasonable defaults for them.
//
// The generic concept of a mesh integrates many different elements. It is
// possible in principle to use independent types for every one of such
// elements. The mechanism used in generic programming for specifying the many
// different types involved in a concept is called \emph{traits}. They are
// basically the list of all types that interact with the current class.
//
// The \doxygen{Mesh} is templated over three parameters. So far only two of
// them have been discussed, namely the \code{PixelType} and the
// \code{Dimension}. The third parameter is a class providing the set of
// traits required by the mesh. When the third parameter is omitted a default
// class is used. This default class is the \doxygen{DefaultStaticMeshTraits}.
// If you want to customize the types used by the mesh, the way to proceed is
// to modify the default traits and provide them as the third parameter of the
// Mesh class instantiation.
//
// There are two ways of achieving this. The first is to use the existing
// \doxygen{DefaultStaticMeshTraits} class. This class is itself templated
// over six parameters. Customizing those parameters could provide enough
// flexibility to define a very specific kind of mesh. The second way is to
// write a traits class from scratch, in which case the easiest way to proceed
// is to copy the \code{DefaultStaticMeshTraits} into another file and edit
// its content. Only the first approach is illustrated here. The second is
// discouraged unless you are familiar with Generic Programming, feel
// comfortable with C++ templates, and have access to an abundant supply of
// (Columbian) coffee.
//
// The first step in customizing the mesh is to include the header file of the
// Mesh and its static traits.
//
// \index{itk::DefaultStaticMeshTraits!Header}
//
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#include "itkMesh.h"
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#include "itkLineCell.h"
#include "itkVector.h"
#include "itkMatrix.h"
int main(int, char *[])
{
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Then the MeshTraits class is instantiated by selecting the types of each
// one of its six template arguments. They are in order
//
// \begin{description}
// \item[PixelType.] The value type associated with every point.
// \item[PointDimension.] The dimension of the space in which the mesh is embedded.
// \item[MaxTopologicalDimension.] The highest dimension of the mesh cells.
// \item[CoordRepType.] The type used to represent spacial coordinates.
// \item[InterpolationWeightType.] The type used to represent interpolation weights.
// \item[CellPixelType.] The value type associated with every cell.
// \end{description}
//
// Let's define types and values for each one of those elements. For example,
// the following code uses points in 3D space as nodes of the
// Mesh. The maximum dimension of the cells will be two, meaning
// that this is a 2D manifold better know as a \emph{surface}. The data type
// associated with points is defined to be a four-dimensional vector. This
// type could represent values of membership for a four-class segmentation
// method. The value selected for the cells are $4\times3$ matrices, which could
// have for example the derivative of the membership values with respect to
// coordinates in space. Finally, a \code{double} type is selected for
// representing space coordinates on the mesh points and also for the weight
// used for interpolating values.
//
// \index{itk::DefaultStaticMeshTraits!Instantiation}
//
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const unsigned int PointDimension = 3;
const unsigned int MaxTopologicalDimension = 2;
typedef itk::Vector<double,4> PixelType;
typedef itk::Matrix<double,4,3> CellDataType;
typedef double CoordinateType;
typedef double InterpolationWeightType;
PixelType, PointDimension, MaxTopologicalDimension,
CoordinateType, InterpolationWeightType, CellDataType > MeshTraits;
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//
// The \doxygen{LineCell} type can now be instantiated using the traits
// taken from the Mesh.
//
// \index{itk::LineCell!Instantiation}
//
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typedef MeshType::CellType CellType;
typedef itk::LineCell< CellType > LineType;
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//
// Let's now create an Mesh and insert some points on it. Note
// that the dimension of the points matches the dimension of the Mesh. Here
// we insert a sequence of points that look like a plot of the $log()$
// function.
//
// \index{itk::Mesh!New()}
// \index{itk::Mesh!SetPoint()}
// \index{itk::Mesh!PointType}
// \index{itk::Mesh!Pointer}
//
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MeshType::Pointer mesh = MeshType::New();
PointType point;
const unsigned int numberOfPoints = 10;
for(unsigned int id=0; id<numberOfPoints; id++)
{
point[0] = 1.565; // Initialize points here
point[1] = 3.647; // with arbitrary values
point[2] = 4.129;
mesh->SetPoint( id, point );
}
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//
// A set of line cells is created and associated with the existing points by
// using point identifiers. In this simple case, the point identifiers can
// be deduced from cell identifiers since the line cells are ordered in the
// same way. Note that in the code above, the values assigned to point
// components are arbitrary. In a more realistic example, those values would
// be computed from another source.
//
// \index{itk::AutoPointer!TakeOwnership()}
// \index{CellAutoPointer!TakeOwnership()}
// \index{CellType!creation}
// \index{itk::Mesh!SetCell()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
CellType::CellAutoPointer line;
const unsigned int numberOfCells = numberOfPoints-1;
for(unsigned int cellId=0; cellId<numberOfCells; cellId++)
{
line.TakeOwnership( new LineType );
line->SetPointId( 0, cellId ); // first point
line->SetPointId( 1, cellId+1 ); // second point
mesh->SetCell( cellId, line ); // insert the cell
}
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std::cout << "Points = " << mesh->GetNumberOfPoints() << std::endl;
std::cout << "Cells = " << mesh->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
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//
// Data associated with cells is inserted in the Mesh by using the
// \code{SetCellData()} method. It requires the user to provide an
// identifier and the value to be inserted. The identifier should match one
// of the inserted cells. In this example, we simply store a \code{CellDataType}
// dummy variable named \code{value}.
//
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for(unsigned int cellId=0; cellId<numberOfCells; cellId++)
{
CellDataType value;
mesh->SetCellData( cellId, value );
}
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//
// Cell data can be read from the Mesh with the
// \code{GetCellData()} method. It requires the user to provide the
// identifier of the cell for which the data is to be retrieved. The user
// should provide also a valid pointer to a location where the data can be
// copied.
//
// \index{itk::Mesh!GetCellData()}
//
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for(unsigned int cellId=0; cellId<numberOfCells; ++cellId)
{
CellDataType value;
mesh->GetCellData( cellId, &value );
std::cout << "Cell " << cellId << " = " << value << std::endl;
}
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//
// Neither \code{SetCellData()} or \code{GetCellData()} are efficient ways
// to access cell data. Efficient access to cell data can be achieved
// by using the \code{Iterator}s built into the \code{CellDataContainer}.
//
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typedef MeshType::CellDataContainer::ConstIterator CellDataIterator;
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//
// Note that the \code{ConstIterator} is used here because the data is only
// going to be read. This approach is identical to that already illustrated
// for accessing point data. The iterator to the first cell data
// item can be obtained with the \code{Begin()} method of the
// \code{CellDataContainer}. The past-end iterator is returned by the \code{End()}
// method. The cell data container itself can be obtained from the mesh with
// the method \code{GetCellData()}.
//
// \index{itk::Mesh!Iterating cell data}
// \index{itk::Mesh!GetCellData()}
// \index{CellDataContainer!Begin()}
// \index{CellDataContainer!End()}
// \index{CellDataContainer!Iterator}
// \index{CellDataContainer!ConstIterator}
//
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CellDataIterator cellDataIterator = mesh->GetCellData()->Begin();
CellDataIterator end = mesh->GetCellData()->End();
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//
// Finally a standard loop is used to iterate over all the cell data
// entries. Note the use of the \code{Value()} method used to get the actual
// value of the data entry. \code{PixelType} elements are returned by copy.
//
// \index{CellDataIterator!Value()}
// \index{CellDataIterator!increment}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
while( cellDataIterator != end )
{
CellDataType cellValue = cellDataIterator.Value();
std::cout << cellValue << std::endl;
++cellDataIterator;
}
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return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}