#include <itkRegionGrowImageFilter.h>

Inheritance diagram for itk::RegionGrowImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >:

Collaboration diagram for itk::RegionGrowImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >:

Public Types
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer
typedef TInputImage::SizeType	GridSizeType
typedef TInputImage::ConstPointer	InputImageConstPointer
typedef TInputImage::PixelType	InputImagePixelType
typedef TInputImage::Pointer	InputImagePointer
typedef TInputImage	InputImageType
typedef TOutputImage::PixelType	OutputImagePixelType
typedef TOutputImage::Pointer	OutputImagePointer
typedef TOutputImage	OutputImageType
typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer
typedef RegionGrowImageFilter	Self
typedef ImageToImageFilter < TInputImage, TOutputImage >	Superclass
Public Types inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
typedef InputImageType::RegionType	InputImageRegionType
typedef Superclass::OutputImageRegionType	OutputImageRegionType
Public Types inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
typedef Superclass::DataObjectIdentifierType	DataObjectIdentifierType
typedef DataObject::Pointer	DataObjectPointer
typedef Superclass::DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	DataObjectPointerArraySizeType
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 void	ApplyRegionGrowImageFilter ()=0
virtual const char *	GetNameOfClass () const
virtual void	MergeRegions ()=0

virtual void	SetGridSize (GridSizeType _arg)
virtual const GridSizeType &	GetGridSize ()

virtual void	SetMaximumNumberOfRegions (unsigned int _arg)
virtual const unsigned int &	GetMaximumNumberOfRegions ()
Public Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
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< TOutputImage >
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 void	EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion (DataObject *)
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 LightObject::Pointer	CreateAnother () 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

Protected Member Functions
void	PrintSelf (std::ostream &os, Indent indent) const
	RegionGrowImageFilter ()
	~RegionGrowImageFilter ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
virtual void	CallCopyInputRegionToOutputRegion (OutputImageRegionType &destRegion, const InputImageRegionType &srcRegion)
virtual void	CallCopyOutputRegionToInputRegion (InputImageRegionType &destRegion, const OutputImageRegionType &srcRegion)
virtual void	GenerateInputRequestedRegion ()
	ImageToImageFilter ()
virtual void	VerifyInputInformation ()
	~ImageToImageFilter ()
void	PushBackInput (const DataObject *input)
void	PushFrontInput (const DataObject *input)
Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
virtual void	AfterThreadedGenerateData ()
virtual void	AllocateOutputs ()
virtual void	BeforeThreadedGenerateData ()
virtual void	GenerateData ()
	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
void	operator= (const Self &)
	RegionGrowImageFilter (const Self &)

Private Attributes
GridSizeType	m_GridSize
unsigned int	m_MaximumNumberOfRegions

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Attributes inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
static const unsigned int	InputImageDimension = TInputImage::ImageDimension
static const unsigned int	OutputImageDimension = TOutputImage::ImageDimension
Static Public Attributes inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
Protected Types inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
typedef ImageToImageFilterDetail::ImageRegionCopier < itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension), itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension) >	InputToOutputRegionCopierType
typedef ImageToImageFilterDetail::ImageRegionCopier < itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension), itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension) >	OutputToInputRegionCopierType

Detailed Description

template<class TInputImage, class TOutputImage>
class itk::RegionGrowImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >

Base class for RegionGrowImageFilter object.

itkRegionGrowImageFilter is the base class for the RegionGrowImageFilter objects. It provides the basic function definitons that are inherent to a RegionGrowImageFilter objects. It is templated over the type of input and output image.

This object defines the interface for those algorithm that perform feature/object segmentation by merging regions (parts of the image) that are similar in nature based on some metric. As a result parts of the image which belong to the same object gets merged and the region grows.

As an example regarding using this class to implementation of advanced region growing algorithm, itkRegionGrowImageFilterKLM class has been derived from this class. The virtual function ApplyRegionGrowImageFilter() provides the interface to the outside world to extend/enhance the scope of the current algorithm or write other region growing algorithms. The function MergeRegions is interface for the operation that merges two regions.

The local variable GridSize is used to define the initial small regions that the image is fragmented (atomic regions) into. For an 12 x 12 input image, GridSize set equal to [3, 3] will result in 16 initial regions. The default values are set equal to 2. The user can sets the number of desired regions via the m_MaxNumRegions parameter and the algorithm tries to perform region merging until there are only m_MaxNumRegions. If m_MaxNumRegions is more than the number of initial blocks, no region merging occurs.

These blocks are important as the labels associated with these blocks keep changing during the region growing process and at the end, while generating the results, each of these atomic blocks are revisited and the blocks with same labels are considered to belong to the same region.

This object supports data handling of multiband images. The object accepts images in vector format, where each pixel is a vector and each element of the vector corresponds to an entry from 1 particular band of a multiband dataset. The input to this object is assumed to be a multiband vector image, and the output is defined by specific algorithm implementation. The second template parameter is used to generate the the output image and can be modified according the algorithm specific output type.

We expect the user to provide the input to the routine in vector format. A single band image is treated as a vector image with a single element for every vector.

Definition at line 80 of file itkRegionGrowImageFilter.h.