Examples/Filtering/LaplacianImageFilter.cxx

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#include "itkLaplacianImageFilter.h"
#include "itkZeroCrossingBasedEdgeDetectionImageFilter.h"
#include "itkImageFileReader.h"
#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"
#include "itkCastImageFilter.h"
#include "itkRescaleIntensityImageFilter.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  if( argc < 3)
    {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << std::endl;
    std::cerr << argv[0] << " inputImage outputImage " << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  const char * inputFilename  = argv[1];
  const char * outputFilename = argv[2];

  typedef unsigned char    CharPixelType;  //IO
  typedef double          RealPixelType;  //Operations

  const    unsigned int    Dimension = 2;

  typedef itk::Image<CharPixelType, Dimension>    CharImageType;
  typedef itk::Image<RealPixelType, Dimension>    RealImageType;

  typedef itk::ImageFileReader< CharImageType >  ReaderType;
  typedef itk::ImageFileWriter< CharImageType >  WriterType;

  typedef itk::CastImageFilter<CharImageType, RealImageType> CastToRealFilterType;
  typedef itk::CastImageFilter<RealImageType, CharImageType> CastToCharFilterType;

  typedef itk::RescaleIntensityImageFilter<RealImageType, RealImageType> RescaleFilter;

  typedef itk::LaplacianImageFilter<
                              RealImageType,
                              RealImageType >    LaplacianFilter;

  typedef itk::ZeroCrossingImageFilter<
                              RealImageType,
                              RealImageType>     ZeroCrossingFilter;

  //Setting the IO
  ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
  WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();

  CastToRealFilterType::Pointer toReal = CastToRealFilterType::New();
  CastToCharFilterType::Pointer toChar = CastToCharFilterType::New();
  RescaleFilter::Pointer rescale = RescaleFilter::New();

  //Setting the ITK pipeline filter

  LaplacianFilter::Pointer lapFilter = LaplacianFilter::New();
  ZeroCrossingFilter::Pointer zeroFilter = ZeroCrossingFilter::New();

  reader->SetFileName( inputFilename  );
  writer->SetFileName( outputFilename );

  //The output of an edge filter is 0 or 1
  rescale->SetOutputMinimum(   0 );
  rescale->SetOutputMaximum( 255 );

  toReal->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
  toChar->SetInput( rescale->GetOutput() );
  writer->SetInput( toChar->GetOutput() );

  //Edge Detection by Laplacian Image Filter:

  lapFilter->SetInput( toReal->GetOutput() );
  zeroFilter->SetInput( lapFilter->GetOutput() );
  rescale->SetInput( zeroFilter->GetOutput() );


  try
    {
    writer->Update();
    }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & err )
    {
    std::cout << "ExceptionObject caught !" << std::endl;
    std::cout << err << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}