ITK  4.8.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/Filtering/ThresholdImageFilter.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginCommandLineArgs
// INPUTS: {BrainProtonDensitySlice.png}
// OUTPUTS: {ThresholdImageFilterOutputBelow.png}
// OUTPUTS: {ThresholdImageFilterOutputAbove.png}
// OUTPUTS: {ThresholdImageFilterOutputOutside.png}
// Software Guide : EndCommandLineArgs
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// \begin{figure}
// \center
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdTransferFunctionBelow}
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdImageFilterOutputBelow}
// \itkcaption[ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-below
// mode.]{ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-below mode.}
// \label{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionBelow}
// \end{figure}
//
// \begin{figure}
// \center
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdTransferFunctionAbove}
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdImageFilterOutputAbove}
// \itkcaption[ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-above
// mode]{ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-above mode.}
// \label{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionAbove}
// \end{figure}
//
// \begin{figure}
// \center
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdTransferFunctionOutside}
// \includegraphics[height=5cm]{ThresholdImageFilterOutputOutside}
// \itkcaption[ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-outside
// mode]{ThresholdImageFilter using the threshold-outside mode.}
// \label{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionOutside}
// \end{figure}
//
// This example illustrates the use of the \doxygen{ThresholdImageFilter}.
// This filter can be used to transform the intensity levels of an image in
// three different ways.
//
// \begin{itemize}
//
// \item First, the user can define a single threshold. Any pixels with values
// below this threshold will be replaced by a user defined value, called here the
// \code{OutsideValue}. Pixels with values above the threshold remain
// unchanged. This type of thresholding is illustrated in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionBelow}.
//
// \item Second, the user can define a particular threshold such that all the
// pixels with values above the threshold will be replaced by the
// \code{OutsideValue}. Pixels with values below the threshold remain
// unchanged. This is illustrated in Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionAbove}.
//
// \item Third, the user can provide two thresholds. All the pixels with
// intensity values inside the range defined by the two thresholds will remain
// unchanged. Pixels with values outside this range will be assigned to the
// \code{OutsideValue}. This is illustrated in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionOutside}.
//
// \end{itemize}
//
// The following methods choose among the three operating modes of the filter.
//
// \begin{itemize}
// \item \texttt{ThresholdBelow()}
// \item \texttt{ThresholdAbove()}
// \item \texttt{ThresholdOutside()}
// \end{itemize}
//
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!Instantiation}
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!Header}
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!ThresholdAbove()}
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!ThresholdBelow()}
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!ThresholdOutside()}
//
// The first step required to use this filter is to include its header file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
#include "itkImage.h"
int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
if( argc < 5 )
{
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " inputImageFile ";
std::cerr << " outputImageFile1 outputImageFile2 outputImageFile3" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Then we must decide what pixel type to use for the image. This filter is
// templated over a single image type because the algorithm only modifies
// pixel values outside the specified range, passing the rest through
// unchanged.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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typedef unsigned char PixelType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The image is defined using the pixel type and the dimension.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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typedef itk::Image< PixelType, 2 > ImageType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// The filter can be instantiated using the image type defined above.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// An \doxygen{ImageFileReader} class is also instantiated in order to read
// image data from a file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// An \doxygen{ImageFileWriter} is instantiated in order to write the
// output image to a file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// Both the filter and the reader are created by invoking their \code{New()}
// methods and assigning the result to SmartPointers.
//
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ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
FilterType::Pointer filter = FilterType::New();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
writer->SetInput( filter->GetOutput() );
reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
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//
// The image obtained with the reader is passed as input to the
// \doxygen{ThresholdImageFilter}.
//
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!SetInput()}
// \index{itk::FileImageReader!GetOutput()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
filter->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The method \code{SetOutsideValue()} defines the intensity value to be
// assigned to those pixels whose intensities are outside the range defined
// by the lower and upper thresholds.
//
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!SetOutsideValue()}
// \index{SetOutsideValue()!itk::ThresholdImageFilter}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
filter->SetOutsideValue( 0 );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The method \code{ThresholdBelow()} defines the intensity value below
// which pixels of the input image will be changed to the \code{OutsideValue}.
//
// \index{itk::ThresholdImageFilter!ThresholdBelow()}
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
filter->ThresholdBelow( 180 );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The filter is executed by invoking the \code{Update()} method. If the
// filter is part of a larger image processing pipeline, calling
// \code{Update()} on a downstream filter will also trigger update of this
// filter.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
filter->Update();
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writer->SetFileName( argv[2] );
writer->Update();
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//
// The output of this example is shown in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionBelow}. The second operating mode of
// the filter is now enabled by calling the method
// \code{ThresholdAbove()}.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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filter->ThresholdAbove( 180 );
filter->Update();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
writer->SetFileName( argv[3] );
writer->Update();
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//
// Updating the filter with this new setting produces the output shown in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionAbove}. The third operating
// mode of the filter is enabled by calling \code{ThresholdOutside()}.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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filter->ThresholdOutside( 170,190 );
filter->Update();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
writer->SetFileName( argv[4] );
writer->Update();
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//
// The output of this third, ``band-pass'' thresholding mode is shown in
// Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdTransferFunctionOutside}.
//
// The examples in this
// section also illustrate the limitations of the thresholding filter for performing
// segmentation by itself. These limitations are particularly noticeable
// in noisy images and in images lacking spatial uniformity, as is the case
// with MRI due to field bias.
//
// \relatedClasses
// \begin{itemize}
// \item \doxygen{BinaryThresholdImageFilter}
// \end{itemize}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}