Filtering/VesselnessMeasureImageFilter.cxx

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// The example takes an image (say MRA image), computes the vesselness measure
// of the image using the HessianRecursiveGaussianImageFilter and the
// Hessian3DToVesselnessMeasureImageFilter. The goal is to detect bright tubular
// structures in the image.

#include "itkHessian3DToVesselnessMeasureImageFilter.h"
#include "itkHessianRecursiveGaussianImageFilter.h"
#include "itkImageFileReader.h"
#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
  if( argc < 3 )
    {
    std::cerr << "Usage: inputImage outputImage [sigma] [alpha_1] [alpha_2]" << std::endl;
    }

  const unsigned int Dimension       = 3;
  typedef double     InputPixelType;
  typedef float      OutputPixelType;

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

  typedef itk::HessianRecursiveGaussianImageFilter<
                                    InputImageType >     HessianFilterType;
  typedef itk::Hessian3DToVesselnessMeasureImageFilter<
                                       OutputPixelType > VesselnessMeasureFilterType;
  typedef itk::ImageFileReader< InputImageType >         ReaderType;
  typedef itk::ImageFileWriter< OutputImageType >        WriterType;

  HessianFilterType::Pointer hessianFilter = HessianFilterType::New();
  VesselnessMeasureFilterType::Pointer vesselnessFilter =
                            VesselnessMeasureFilterType::New();

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

  reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
  hessianFilter->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
  if( argc >= 4 )
    {
    hessianFilter->SetSigma( static_cast< double >(atof(argv[3])) );
    }
  vesselnessFilter->SetInput( hessianFilter->GetOutput() );
  writer->SetInput( vesselnessFilter->GetOutput() );
  writer->SetFileName( argv[2] );
  if( argc >= 5 )
    {
    vesselnessFilter->SetAlpha1( static_cast< double >(atof(argv[4])));
    }
  if( argc >= 6 )
    {
    vesselnessFilter->SetAlpha2( static_cast< double >(atof(argv[5])));
    }

  writer->Update();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}