VTK/Examples/Cxx/ImageData/ImageIterator

Extracts an extent from an image using an image iterator.

ImageIterator.cxx

#include <vtkVersion.h>

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkImageIterator.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  // Create an image data
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> imageData =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();

  // Specify the size of the image data
  imageData->SetDimensions(10,20,30);
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  imageData->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(3);
  imageData->SetScalarTypeToDouble();
  imageData->AllocateScalars();
#else
  imageData->AllocateScalars(VTK_DOUBLE,3);
#endif

  // Fill every entry of the image data with x,y,z
  int* dims = imageData->GetDimensions();
  double *ptr = static_cast<double *>(imageData->GetScalarPointer(0, 0, 0));
  for (int z=0; z<dims[2]; z++)
    {
    for (int y=0; y<dims[1]; y++)
      {
      for (int x=0; x<dims[0]; x++)
        {
        *ptr++ = z;
        *ptr++ = y;
        *ptr++ = x;
        }
      }
    }

  // Define the extent to be extracted
  int extent[6];
  extent[0] = 2; extent[1] = 5;
  extent[2] = 2; extent[3] = 5;
  extent[4] = 15; extent[5] = 15;

  // Retrieve the entries from the image data and print them to the screen
  vtkImageIterator<double> it(imageData, extent);
  while(!it.IsAtEnd())
    {
    double* valIt = it.BeginSpan();
    double *valEnd = it.EndSpan();
    while (valIt != valEnd)
      {
      // Increment for each component
      double x = *valIt++;
      double y = *valIt++;
      double z = *valIt++;
      std::cout << "("
                << x << ","
                << y << ","
                << z << ") ";
      }      
    std::cout << std::endl;
    it.NextSpan();
    }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(ImageIterator)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(ImageIterator MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageIterator.cxx)

if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
  target_link_libraries(ImageIterator ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  target_link_libraries(ImageIterator vtkHybrid vtkWidgets)
endif()

Download and Build ImageIterator

Click here to download ImageIterator. and its CMakeLists.txt file.

Once the tarball ImageIterator.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd ImageIterator/build 

• If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

• If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./ImageIterator

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.