ITK/Examples/Images/NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter

How do you convert the template image to an Operator to pass as SetTemplate?

NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.cxx

<source lang="cpp">

1. include <itkImage.h>
2. include <itkImageFileReader.h>
3. include <itkNormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.h>
4. include <itkRegionOfInterestImageFilter.h>

1. include <itkImageToVTKImageFilter.h>

1. include "vtkImageViewer.h"
2. include "vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h"
3. include "vtkSmartPointer.h"
4. include "vtkImageActor.h"
5. include "vtkInteractorStyleImage.h"
6. include "vtkRenderer.h"

1. include <iostream>
2. include <string>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 if(argc < 2)
   {
   std::cerr << "Required: filename" << std::endl;
   return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   
 std::string filename = argv[1];
 
 typedef itk::Image<unsigned char, 2> ImageType;
 typedef itk::ImageFileReader<ImageType> ReaderType;
 typedef itk::ImageToVTKImageFilter<ImageType> ConnectorType;
 
 typedef float CorrelationPixelType;
 typedef itk::Image<CorrelationPixelType, 2> CorrelationImageType;
 
 // Read the image
 ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
 reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());

 // Setup the original image actor
 ConnectorType::Pointer originalConnector = ConnectorType::New();
 originalConnector->SetInput(reader->GetOutput());

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> originalActor =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
 originalActor->SetInput(originalConnector->GetOutput());

 // Extract a small region
 typedef itk::RegionOfInterestImageFilter< ImageType,
                                           ImageType > FilterType;

 FilterType::Pointer extractFilter = FilterType::New();

 ImageType::IndexType start;
 start[0] = 50;
 start[1] = 50;

 ImageType::SizeType size;
 size[0] = 100;
 size[1] = 100;

 ImageType::RegionType desiredRegion;
 desiredRegion.SetSize(size);
 desiredRegion.SetIndex(start);

 extractFilter->SetRegionOfInterest(desiredRegion);
 extractFilter->SetInput(reader->GetOutput());

 ConnectorType::Pointer extractedConnector = ConnectorType::New();
 extractedConnector->SetInput(extractFilter->GetOutput());

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> extractedActor =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
 extractedActor->SetInput(extractedConnector->GetOutput());

 // Perform normalized correlation
 // <input type, mask type (not used), output type
 typedef itk::NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType, CorrelationImageType> CorrelationFilterType;

 CorrelationFilterType::Pointer correlationFilter = CorrelationFilterType::New();
 correlationFilter->SetInput(reader->GetOutput());
 correlationFilter->SetTemplate(extractFilter->GetOutput());

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> correlationActor =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
 correlationActor->SetInput(correlationFilter->GetOutput());
 
 // There will be one render window
 vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
 renderWindow->SetSize(900, 300);

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
 interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

 // Define viewport ranges
 // (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
 double leftViewport[4] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.33, 1.0};
 double centerViewport[4] = {0.33, 0.0, 0.66, 1.0};
 double rightViewport[4] = {0.66, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};

 // Setup both renderers
 vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> leftRenderer =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
 renderWindow->AddRenderer(leftRenderer);
 leftRenderer->SetViewport(leftViewport);
 leftRenderer->SetBackground(.6, .5, .4);

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> centerRenderer =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
 renderWindow->AddRenderer(centerRenderer);
 centerRenderer->SetViewport(centerViewport);
 centerRenderer->SetBackground(.5, .5, .6);

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> rightRenderer =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
 renderWindow->AddRenderer(rightRenderer);
 rightRenderer->SetViewport(rightViewport);
 rightRenderer->SetBackground(.4, .5, .6);

 // Add the sphere to the left and the cube to the right
 leftRenderer->AddActor(originalActor);
 centerRenderer->AddActor(extractedActor);
 rightRenderer->AddActor(correlationActor);

 leftRenderer->ResetCamera();
 rightRenderer->ResetCamera();

 renderWindow->Render();

 vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage> style =
   vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage>::New();

 interactor->SetInteractorStyle(style);

 interactor->Start();
 
 return EXIT_SUCCESS;

} </source>

CMakeLists.txt

<source lang="cmake"> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

PROJECT(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter)

include_directories(/home/doriad/src/ITK/Wrapping/WrapITK/ExternalProjects/ItkVtkGlue/src/)

FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED) INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})

FIND_PACKAGE(ITK REQUIRED) INCLUDE(${ITK_USE_FILE})

ADD_EXECUTABLE(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.cpp) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter vtkHybrid ITKBasicFilters ITKCommon ITKIO)

</source>