#include <itkMorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter.h>

Inheritance diagram for itk::MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >:

Collaboration diagram for itk::MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >:

Public Types
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer
typedef LabelImageType::IndexType	IndexType
typedef InputImageType::ConstPointer	InputImageConstPointer
typedef InputImageType::PixelType	InputImagePixelType
typedef InputImageType::Pointer	InputImagePointer
typedef InputImageType::RegionType	InputImageRegionType
typedef TInputImage	InputImageType
typedef LabelImageType::ConstPointer	LabelImageConstPointer
typedef LabelImageType::PixelType	LabelImagePixelType
typedef LabelImageType::Pointer	LabelImagePointer
typedef LabelImageType::RegionType	LabelImageRegionType
typedef TLabelImage	LabelImageType
typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer
typedef MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter	Self
typedef ImageToImageFilter < TInputImage, TLabelImage >	Superclass
Public Types inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >
typedef Superclass::OutputImagePixelType	OutputImagePixelType
typedef Superclass::OutputImageRegionType	OutputImageRegionType
Public Types inherited from itk::ImageSource< TLabelImage >
typedef Superclass::DataObjectIdentifierType	DataObjectIdentifierType
typedef DataObject::Pointer	DataObjectPointer
typedef Superclass::DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	DataObjectPointerArraySizeType
typedef OutputImageType::Pointer	OutputImagePointer
typedef TLabelImage	OutputImageType
Public Types inherited from itk::ProcessObject
typedef std::vector < DataObjectPointer >	DataObjectPointerArray
typedef std::vector < DataObjectIdentifierType >	NameArray
Public Types inherited from itk::Object
Public Types inherited from itk::LightObject

Public Member Functions
virtual ::itk::LightObject::Pointer	CreateAnother (void) const
const LabelImageType *	GetMarkerImage () const
virtual const char *	GetNameOfClass () const
void	SetInput1 (const TInputImage *input)
void	SetInput2 (const TLabelImage *input)
void	SetMarkerImage (const TLabelImage *input)

virtual void	SetFullyConnected (bool _arg)
virtual const bool &	GetFullyConnected ()
virtual void	FullyConnectedOn ()
virtual void	FullyConnectedOff ()
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >
const InputImageType *	GetInput (void) const
const InputImageType *	GetInput (unsigned int idx) const
virtual void	PopBackInput ()
virtual void	PopFrontInput ()
virtual void	PushBackInput (const InputImageType *image)
virtual void	PushFrontInput (const InputImageType *image)
virtual void	SetInput (const InputImageType *image)
virtual void	SetInput (unsigned int, const TInputImage *image)
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageSource< TLabelImage >
OutputImageType *	GetOutput (unsigned int idx)
virtual void	GraftNthOutput (unsigned int idx, DataObject *output)
virtual void	GraftOutput (DataObject *output)
virtual void	GraftOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key, DataObject *output)
OutputImageType *	GetOutput (void)
const OutputImageType *	GetOutput (void) const
virtual ProcessObject::DataObjectPointer	MakeOutput (ProcessObject::DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx)
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::ProcessObject
virtual void	AbortGenerateDataOff ()
virtual void	AbortGenerateDataOn ()
virtual const bool &	GetAbortGenerateData ()
NameArray	GetInputNames () const
MultiThreader *	GetMultiThreader () const
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfIndexedInputs () const
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfInputs () const
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfOutputs () const
virtual DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfValidRequiredInputs () const
NameArray	GetOutputNames () const
virtual const float &	GetProgress ()
NameArray	GetRequiredInputNames () const
bool	HasInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
bool	HasOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
virtual DataObjectPointer	MakeOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &)
virtual void	PrepareOutputs ()
virtual void	PropagateRequestedRegion (DataObject *output)
virtual void	ResetPipeline ()
virtual void	SetAbortGenerateData (bool _arg)
virtual void	SetProgress (float _arg)
virtual void	Update ()
virtual void	UpdateLargestPossibleRegion ()
virtual void	UpdateOutputData (DataObject *output)
virtual void	UpdateOutputInformation ()
void	UpdateProgress (float amount)
DataObjectPointerArray	GetInputs ()
DataObjectPointerArray	GetOutputs ()
DataObjectPointerArray	GetIndexedInputs ()
DataObjectPointerArray	GetIndexedOutputs ()
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	GetNumberOfIndexedOutputs () const
virtual void	SetReleaseDataFlag (bool flag)
virtual bool	GetReleaseDataFlag () const
void	ReleaseDataFlagOn ()
void	ReleaseDataFlagOff ()
virtual void	SetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag (bool _arg)
virtual const bool &	GetReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlag ()
virtual void	ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOn ()
virtual void	ReleaseDataBeforeUpdateFlagOff ()
virtual void	SetNumberOfThreads (ThreadIdType _arg)
virtual const ThreadIdType &	GetNumberOfThreads ()
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::Object
unsigned long	AddObserver (const EventObject &event, Command *)
unsigned long	AddObserver (const EventObject &event, Command *) const
virtual void	DebugOff () const
virtual void	DebugOn () const
Command *	GetCommand (unsigned long tag)
bool	GetDebug () const
MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void)
const MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void) const
virtual unsigned long	GetMTime () const
virtual const TimeStamp &	GetTimeStamp () const
bool	HasObserver (const EventObject &event) const
void	InvokeEvent (const EventObject &)
void	InvokeEvent (const EventObject &) const
virtual void	Modified () const
virtual void	Register () const
void	RemoveAllObservers ()
void	RemoveObserver (unsigned long tag)
void	SetDebug (bool debugFlag) const
void	SetMetaDataDictionary (const MetaDataDictionary &rhs)
virtual void	SetReferenceCount (int)
virtual void	UnRegister () const
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::LightObject
virtual void	Delete ()
virtual int	GetReferenceCount () const
	itkCloneMacro (Self)
void	Print (std::ostream &os, Indent indent=0) const

Static Public Member Functions
static Pointer	New ()

Static Public Attributes
static const unsigned int	ImageDimension = TInputImage::ImageDimension
Static Public Attributes inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >
static const unsigned int	InputImageDimension
static const unsigned int	OutputImageDimension
Static Public Attributes inherited from itk::ImageSource< TLabelImage >

Protected Member Functions
void	EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion (DataObject *)
void	GenerateData ()
void	GenerateInputRequestedRegion ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >
virtual void	CallCopyInputRegionToOutputRegion (OutputImageRegionType &destRegion, const InputImageRegionType &srcRegion)
virtual void	CallCopyOutputRegionToInputRegion (InputImageRegionType &destRegion, const OutputImageRegionType &srcRegion)
	ImageToImageFilter ()
virtual void	VerifyInputInformation ()
	~ImageToImageFilter ()
void	PushBackInput (const DataObject *input)
void	PushFrontInput (const DataObject *input)
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageSource< TLabelImage >
virtual void	AfterThreadedGenerateData ()
virtual void	AllocateOutputs ()
virtual void	BeforeThreadedGenerateData ()
	ImageSource ()
virtual unsigned int	SplitRequestedRegion (unsigned int i, unsigned int num, OutputImageRegionType &splitRegion)
virtual void	ThreadedGenerateData (const OutputImageRegionType &outputRegionForThread, ThreadIdType threadId)
virtual	~ImageSource ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ProcessObject
virtual void	AddInput (DataObject *input)
virtual void	AddOutput (DataObject *output)
bool	AddRequiredInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &)
virtual void	CacheInputReleaseDataFlags ()
virtual void	GenerateOutputInformation ()
virtual void	GenerateOutputRequestedRegion (DataObject *output)
virtual const DataObjectPointerArraySizeType &	GetNumberOfRequiredInputs ()
virtual const DataObjectPointerArraySizeType &	GetNumberOfRequiredOutputs ()
bool	IsIndexedName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &) const
bool	IsRequiredInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &) const
	itkLegacyMacro (virtual void RemoveInput(DataObject *input))
	itkLegacyMacro (virtual void RemoveOutput(DataObject *output))
	itkLegacyMacro (void SetNumberOfInputs(DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num))
	itkLegacyMacro (void SetNumberOfOutputs(DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num))
DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	MakeIndexFromName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &) const
DataObjectIdentifierType	MakeNameFromIndex (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType) const
	ProcessObject ()
virtual void	PropagateResetPipeline ()
virtual void	ReleaseInputs ()
virtual void	RemoveInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
virtual void	RemoveInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)
virtual void	RemoveOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
virtual void	RemoveOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx)
bool	RemoveRequiredInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &)
virtual void	RestoreInputReleaseDataFlags ()
virtual void	SetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key, DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetNthInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num, DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetNthOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num, DataObject *output)
void	SetNumberOfIndexedInputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num)
void	SetNumberOfIndexedOutputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType num)
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredInputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)
virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType _arg)
virtual void	SetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key, DataObject *output)
virtual void	SetPrimaryInput (DataObject *input)
virtual void	SetPrimaryOutput (DataObject *output)
void	SetRequiredInputNames (const NameArray &)
virtual void	VerifyPreconditions ()
	~ProcessObject ()
DataObject *	GetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
const DataObject *	GetInput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
DataObject *	GetInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)
const DataObject *	GetInput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const
DataObject *	GetPrimaryInput ()
const DataObject *	GetPrimaryInput () const
DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)
const DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const
DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx)
const DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const
DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput ()
const DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput () const
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::Object
	Object ()
bool	PrintObservers (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
virtual void	SetTimeStamp (const TimeStamp &time)
virtual	~Object ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::LightObject
virtual LightObject::Pointer	InternalClone () const
	LightObject ()
virtual void	PrintHeader (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
virtual void	PrintTrailer (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
virtual	~LightObject ()

Private Member Functions
	MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter (const Self &)
void	operator= (const Self &)

Private Attributes
bool	m_FullyConnected
bool	m_MarkWatershedLine
virtual void	SetMarkWatershedLine (bool _arg)
virtual const bool &	GetMarkWatershedLine ()
virtual void	MarkWatershedLineOn ()
virtual void	MarkWatershedLineOff ()
	MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter ()
	~MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter ()
void	PrintSelf (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Types inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >
typedef ImageToImageFilterDetail::ImageRegionCopier < itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension), itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension) >	InputToOutputRegionCopierType
typedef ImageToImageFilterDetail::ImageRegionCopier < itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension), itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension) >	OutputToInputRegionCopierType

Detailed Description

template<class TInputImage, class TLabelImage>
class itk::MorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter< TInputImage, TLabelImage >

Morphological watershed transform from markers.

The watershed transform is a tool for image segmentation that is fast and flexible and potentially fairly parameter free. It was originally derived from a geophysical model of rain falling on a terrain and a variety of more formal definitions have been devised to allow development of practical algorithms. If an image is considered as a terrain and divided into catchment basins then the hope is that each catchment basin would contain an object of interest.

The output is a label image. A label image, sometimes referred to as a categorical image, has unique values for each region. For example, if a watershed produces 2 regions, all pixels belonging to one region would have value A, and all belonging to the other might have value B. Unassigned pixels, such as watershed lines, might have the background value (0 by convention).

The simplest way of using the watershed is to preprocess the image we want to segment so that the boundaries of our objects are bright (e.g apply an edge detector) and compute the watershed transform of the edge image. Watershed lines will correspond to the boundaries and our problem will be solved. This is rarely useful in practice because there are always more regional minima than there are objects, either due to noise or natural variations in the object surfaces. Therefore, while many watershed lines do lie on significant boundaries, there are many that don't. Various methods can be used to reduce the number of minima in the image, like thresholding the smallest values, filtering the minima and/or smoothing the image.

This filter use another approach to avoid the problem of over segmentation: it let the user provide a marker image which mark the minima in the input image and give them a label. The minima are imposed in the input image by the markers. The labels of the output image are the label of the marker image.

The morphological watershed transform algorithm is described in Chapter 9.2 of Pierre Soille's book "Morphological Image Analysis: Principles and Applications", Second Edition, Springer, 2003.

This code was contributed in the Insight Journal paper: "The watershed transform in ITK - discussion and new developments" by Beare R., Lehmann G. http://hdl.handle.net/1926/202 http://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/92

Author:: Gaetan Lehmann. Biologie du Developpement et de la Reproduction, INRA de Jouy-en-Josas, France.; Richard Beare. Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

See also:: WatershedImageFilter, MorphologicalWatershedImageFilter

Definition at line 80 of file itkMorphologicalWatershedFromMarkersImageFilter.h.