#include <itkCollidingFrontsImageFilter.h>

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

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

Detailed Description

template<typename TInputImage, typename TOutputImage>
class itk::CollidingFrontsImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >

Selects a region of space where two independent fronts run towards each other.

The filter can be used to quickly segment anatomical structures (e.g. for level set initialization).

The filter uses two instances of FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilter to compute the gradients of arrival times of two wavefronts propagating from two sets of seeds. The input of the filter is used as the speed of the two wavefronts. The output is the dot product between the two gradient vector fields.

The filter works on the following basic idea. In the regions where the dot product between the two gradient fields is negative, the two fronts propagate in opposite directions. In the regions where the dot product is positive, the two fronts propagate in the same direction. This can be used to extract the region of space between two sets of points.

If StopOnTargets is On, then each front will stop as soon as all seeds of the other front have been reached. This can markedly speed up the execution of the filter, since wave propagation does not take place on the complete image.

Optionally, a connectivity criterion can be applied to the resulting dot product image. In this case, the only negative region in the output image is the one connected to the seeds.

Author: Luca Antiga Ph.D. Biomedical Technologies Laboratory, Bioengineering Department, Mario Negri Institute, Italy.

Definition at line 61 of file itkCollidingFrontsImageFilter.h.

Public Types
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef itk::FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilter < TInputImage, TOutputImage >	FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::GradientImageType	GradientImageType

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::IndexType	IndexType

typedef InputImageType::Pointer	InputImagePointer

typedef TInputImage	InputImageType

typedef TInputImage::PixelType	InputPixelType

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::NodeContainer	NodeContainer

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::NodeContainerPointer	NodeContainerPointer

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::NodeType	NodeType

typedef OutputImageType::Pointer	OutputImagePointer

typedef Superclass::OutputImageRegionType	OutputImageRegionType

typedef TOutputImage	OutputImageType

typedef TOutputImage::PixelType	OutputPixelType

typedef FastMarchingUpwindGradientImageFilterType::PixelType	PixelType

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef NumericTraits < InputPixelType >::RealType	RealType

typedef CollidingFrontsImageFilter	Self

typedef ImageToImageFilter < TInputImage, TOutputImage >	Superclass

Public Types inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef InputImageType::ConstPointer	InputImageConstPointer

typedef InputImageType::PixelType	InputImagePixelType

typedef InputImageType::Pointer	InputImagePointer

typedef InputImageType::RegionType	InputImageRegionType

typedef TInputImage	InputImageType

typedef Superclass::OutputImagePixelType	OutputImagePixelType

typedef Superclass::OutputImageRegionType	OutputImageRegionType

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef ImageToImageFilter	Self

typedef ImageSource< TOutputImage >	Superclass

Public Types inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef Superclass::DataObjectIdentifierType	DataObjectIdentifierType

typedef DataObject::Pointer	DataObjectPointer

typedef Superclass::DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	DataObjectPointerArraySizeType

typedef OutputImageType::PixelType	OutputImagePixelType

typedef OutputImageType::Pointer	OutputImagePointer

typedef OutputImageType::RegionType	OutputImageRegionType

typedef TOutputImage	OutputImageType

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef ImageSource	Self

typedef ProcessObject	Superclass

Public Types inherited from itk::ProcessObject
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef DataObject::DataObjectIdentifierType	DataObjectIdentifierType

typedef DataObject::Pointer	DataObjectPointer

typedef std::vector < DataObjectPointer >	DataObjectPointerArray

typedef DataObjectPointerArray::size_type	DataObjectPointerArraySizeType

typedef std::vector < DataObjectIdentifierType >	NameArray

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef ProcessObject	Self

typedef Object	Superclass

Public Types inherited from itk::Object
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef Object	Self

typedef LightObject	Superclass

Public Types inherited from itk::LightObject
typedef SmartPointer< const Self >	ConstPointer

typedef SmartPointer< Self >	Pointer

typedef LightObject	Self

Public Member Functions
virtual void	ApplyConnectivityOff ()

virtual void	ApplyConnectivityOn ()

virtual ::itk::LightObject::Pointer	CreateAnother (void) const

virtual bool	GetApplyConnectivity () const

virtual const char *	GetNameOfClass () const

virtual double	GetNegativeEpsilon () const

NodeContainerPointer	GetSeedPoints1 ()

NodeContainerPointer	GetSeedPoints2 ()

virtual bool	GetStopOnTargets () const

virtual void	SetApplyConnectivity (bool _arg)

virtual void	SetNegativeEpsilon (double _arg)

virtual void	SetStopOnTargets (bool _arg)

virtual void	StopOnTargetsOff ()

virtual void	StopOnTargetsOn ()

	typedef (Concept::HasNumericTraits< InputPixelType >) InputHasNumericTraitsCheck


void	SetSeedPoints1 (NodeContainer *points)


void	SetSeedPoints2 (NodeContainer *points)

Public Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageToImageFilter< TInputImage, TOutputImage >
virtual double	GetCoordinateTolerance ()

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	SetCoordinateTolerance (double _arg)

virtual void	SetInput (const InputImageType *image)

virtual void	SetInput (unsigned int, const TInputImage *image)

virtual void	SetDirectionTolerance (double _arg)

virtual double	GetDirectionTolerance ()

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 void	DebugOff () const

virtual void	DebugOn () const

Command *	GetCommand (unsigned long tag)

bool	GetDebug () const

MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void)

const MetaDataDictionary &	GetMetaDataDictionary (void) const

virtual ModifiedTimeType	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 = TOutputImage::ImageDimension

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 >
static const unsigned int	OutputImageDimension = TOutputImage::ImageDimension

Protected Member Functions
	CollidingFrontsImageFilter ()

void	GenerateData ()

void	PrintSelf (std::ostream &, Indent) const

virtual	~CollidingFrontsImageFilter ()

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 ()

virtual void	VerifyInputInformation ()

void	PushBackInput (const DataObject *input)

void	PushFrontInput (const DataObject *input)

	ImageToImageFilter ()

	~ImageToImageFilter ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
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 &	GetNumberOfRequiredOutputs ()

bool	IsIndexedInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &) const

bool	IsIndexedOutputName (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	MakeIndexFromInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &name) const

DataObjectPointerArraySizeType	MakeIndexFromOutputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &name) const

DataObjectIdentifierType	MakeNameFromInputIndex (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const

DataObjectIdentifierType	MakeNameFromOutputIndex (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) 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	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

virtual void	SetPrimaryInputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)

virtual const char *	GetPrimaryInputName () const

DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)

const DataObject *	GetOutput (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key) const

virtual void	SetPrimaryOutputName (const DataObjectIdentifierType &key)

virtual const char *	GetPrimaryOutputName () const

DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx)

const DataObject *	GetOutput (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType idx) const

DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput ()

const DataObject *	GetPrimaryOutput () const

virtual void	SetNumberOfRequiredInputs (DataObjectPointerArraySizeType)

virtual const DataObjectPointerArraySizeType &	GetNumberOfRequiredInputs ()

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
	CollidingFrontsImageFilter (const Self &)

void	operator= (const Self &)

Private Attributes
bool	m_ApplyConnectivity

double	m_NegativeEpsilon

NodeContainerPointer	m_SeedPoints1

NodeContainerPointer	m_SeedPoints2

bool	m_StopOnTargets

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

typedef ImageToImageFilterDetail::ImageRegionCopier < itkGetStaticConstMacro(InputImageDimension), itkGetStaticConstMacro(OutputImageDimension) >	OutputToInputRegionCopierType

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from itk::ImageSource< TOutputImage >
static ITK_THREAD_RETURN_TYPE	ThreaderCallback (void *arg)

Protected Attributes inherited from itk::ProcessObject
TimeStamp	m_OutputInformationMTime

bool	m_Updating