Examples/Filtering/OtsuMultipleThresholdImageFilter.cxx

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//  Software Guide : BeginCommandLineArgs
//    INPUTS: {BrainProtonDensitySlice.png}
//    ARGUMENTS:   OtsuMultipleThresholdsOutput png 4
//  Software Guide : EndCommandLineArgs

// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This example illustrates how to use the \doxygen{OtsuMultipleThresholdsCalculator}.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex

// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkOtsuMultipleThresholdsCalculator.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

#include "itkImage.h"
#include "itkImageFileReader.h"
#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"
#include "itkScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.h"
#include "itkBinaryThresholdImageFilter.h"
#include "itkNumericTraits.h"

#include <iomanip>
#include <stdio.h>

int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
  if( argc < 5 )
    {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0];
    std::cerr << " inputImageFile outputImageFileBase ";
    std::cerr << "  outputImageFileExtension numberOfThresholdsToCalculate "  << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  //Convenience typedefs
  typedef  unsigned short  InputPixelType;
  typedef  unsigned char   OutputPixelType;

  typedef itk::Image< InputPixelType,  2 >   InputImageType;
  typedef itk::Image< OutputPixelType, 2 >   OutputImageType;

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // \code{OtsuMultipleThresholdsCalculator} calculates thresholds for a given
  // histogram so as to maximize the between-class variance. We use
  // \code{ScalarImageToHistogramGenerator} to generate histograms. The histogram
  // type defined by the generator is then used to instantiate the type of the
  // Otsu threshold calculator.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::Statistics::ScalarImageToHistogramGenerator<
                         InputImageType > ScalarImageToHistogramGeneratorType;

  typedef ScalarImageToHistogramGeneratorType::HistogramType HistogramType;

  typedef itk::OtsuMultipleThresholdsCalculator< HistogramType >
                                                               CalculatorType;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  typedef itk::ImageFileReader< InputImageType >  ReaderType;
  typedef itk::ImageFileWriter< OutputImageType > WriterType;

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Once thresholds are computed we will use \code{BinaryThresholdImageFilter}
  // to segment the input image.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::BinaryThresholdImageFilter<
  InputImageType, OutputImageType >  FilterType;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Create a histogram generator and calculator using the standard
  // \code{New()} method.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  ScalarImageToHistogramGeneratorType::Pointer scalarImageToHistogramGenerator
    = ScalarImageToHistogramGeneratorType::New();

  CalculatorType::Pointer calculator = CalculatorType::New();
  FilterType::Pointer filter = FilterType::New();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
  WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Set the following properties for the histogram generator and the
  // calculators, in this case grabbing the number of thresholds from
  // the command line.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  scalarImageToHistogramGenerator->SetNumberOfBins( 128 );
  calculator->SetNumberOfThresholds( atoi( argv[4] ) );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  const OutputPixelType outsideValue = 0;
  const OutputPixelType insideValue = 255;

  filter->SetOutsideValue( outsideValue );
  filter->SetInsideValue(  insideValue  );

  //Connect Pipeline
  reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // The pipeline will look as follows:
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  scalarImageToHistogramGenerator->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
  calculator->SetInputHistogram(
                               scalarImageToHistogramGenerator->GetOutput() );
  filter->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
  writer->SetInput( filter->GetOutput() );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


  //Invoke pipeline
  try
    {
    reader->Update();
    }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excp )
    {
    std::cerr << "Exception thrown while reading image" << excp << std::endl;
    }
  scalarImageToHistogramGenerator->Compute();

  try
    {
    calculator->Compute();
    }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excp )
    {
    std::cerr << "Exception thrown " << excp << std::endl;
    }

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Here we obtain a \code{const} reference to the thresholds by calling
  // the \code{GetOutput()} method.
  // \index{itk::OtsuMultipleThresholdsCalculator!GetOutput()}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  //Get Thresholds

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  const CalculatorType::OutputType &thresholdVector = calculator->GetOutput();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // We now iterate through \code{thresholdVector}, printing each value to the
  // console and writing an image thresholded with adjacent values from the
  // container.  (In the edge cases, the minimum and maximum values of the
  // \code{InternalPixelType} are used).
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  std::string outputFileBase = argv[2];

  InputPixelType lowerThreshold = itk::NumericTraits<InputPixelType>::min();
  InputPixelType upperThreshold;

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef CalculatorType::OutputType::const_iterator ThresholdItType;

  for( ThresholdItType itNum = thresholdVector.begin();
       itNum != thresholdVector.end();
       ++itNum )
    {
    std::cout << "OtsuThreshold["
              << (int)(itNum - thresholdVector.begin())
              << "] = "
              << static_cast<itk::NumericTraits<
                          CalculatorType::MeasurementType>::PrintType>(*itNum)
              << std::endl;
    // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

    upperThreshold = static_cast<InputPixelType>(*itNum);

    filter->SetLowerThreshold( lowerThreshold );
    filter->SetUpperThreshold( upperThreshold );

    lowerThreshold = upperThreshold;

    std::ostringstream outputFilename;
    outputFilename << outputFileBase
                   << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(3) << (itNum - thresholdVector.begin())
                   << "."
                   << argv[3];
    writer->SetFileName( outputFilename.str() );

    try
      {
      writer->Update();
      }
    catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excp )
      {
      std::cerr << "Exception thrown " << excp << std::endl;
      }
    }

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Also write out the image thresholded between the upper threshold and
  // the max intensity.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  upperThreshold = itk::NumericTraits<InputPixelType>::max();
  filter->SetLowerThreshold( lowerThreshold );
  filter->SetUpperThreshold( upperThreshold );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  std::ostringstream outputFilename2;
  outputFilename2 << outputFileBase
                  << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(3) << thresholdVector.size()
                  << "."
                  << argv[3];
  writer->SetFileName( outputFilename2.str() );

  try
    {
    writer->Update();
    }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excp )
    {
    std::cerr << "Exception thrown " << excp << std::endl;
    }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}