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1 /*=========================================================================
2   Program:   vv                     http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio/vv
3
4   Authors belong to: 
5   - University of LYON              http://www.universite-lyon.fr/
6   - Léon Bérard cancer center       http://www.centreleonberard.fr
7   - CREATIS CNRS laboratory         http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr
8
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12
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15   - BSD        See included LICENSE.txt file
16   - CeCILL-B   http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-en.html
17   ======================================================================-====*/
18
19 // clitk
20 #include "clitkSetBackgroundImageFilter.h"
21 #include "clitkSliceBySliceRelativePositionFilter.h"
22 #include "clitkCropLikeImageFilter.h"
23 #include "clitkMemoryUsage.h"
24
25 // itk
26 #include <itkConnectedComponentImageFilter.h>
27 #include <itkRelabelComponentImageFilter.h>
28 #include <itkBinaryThresholdImageFilter.h>
29 #include <itkPasteImageFilter.h>
30 #include <itkStatisticsLabelMapFilter.h>
31 #include <itkBinaryBallStructuringElement.h>
32 #include <itkBinaryDilateImageFilter.h>
33 #include <itkConstantPadImageFilter.h>
34 #include <itkImageSliceIteratorWithIndex.h>
35 #include <itkBinaryMorphologicalOpeningImageFilter.h>
36
37 namespace clitk {
38
39   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
40   template<class ImageType>
41   void ComputeBBFromImageRegion(const ImageType * image, 
42                                 typename ImageType::RegionType region,
43                                 typename itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, 
44                                 ImageType::ImageDimension>::Pointer bb) {
45     typedef typename ImageType::IndexType IndexType;
46     IndexType firstIndex;
47     IndexType lastIndex;
48     for(unsigned int i=0; i<image->GetImageDimension(); i++) {
49       firstIndex[i] = region.GetIndex()[i];
50       lastIndex[i] = firstIndex[i]+region.GetSize()[i];
51     }
52
53     typedef itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, 
54                              ImageType::ImageDimension> BBType;
55     typedef typename BBType::PointType PointType;
56     PointType lastPoint;
57     PointType firstPoint;
58     image->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(firstIndex, firstPoint);
59     image->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(lastIndex, lastPoint);
60
61     bb->SetMaximum(lastPoint);
62     bb->SetMinimum(firstPoint);
63   }
64   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
65
66
67   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
68   template<int Dimension>
69   void ComputeBBIntersection(typename itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, Dimension>::Pointer bbo, 
70                              typename itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, Dimension>::Pointer bbi1, 
71                              typename itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, Dimension>::Pointer bbi2) {
72
73     typedef itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, Dimension> BBType;
74     typedef typename BBType::PointType PointType;
75     PointType lastPoint;
76     PointType firstPoint;
77
78     for(unsigned int i=0; i<Dimension; i++) {
79       firstPoint[i] = std::max(bbi1->GetMinimum()[i], 
80                                bbi2->GetMinimum()[i]);
81       lastPoint[i] = std::min(bbi1->GetMaximum()[i], 
82                               bbi2->GetMaximum()[i]);
83     }
84
85     bbo->SetMaximum(lastPoint);
86     bbo->SetMinimum(firstPoint);
87   }
88   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
89
90
91   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
92   template<class ImageType>
93   void ComputeRegionFromBB(const ImageType * image, 
94                            const typename itk::BoundingBox<unsigned long, 
95                                                            ImageType::ImageDimension>::Pointer bb, 
96                            typename ImageType::RegionType & region) {
97     // Types
98     typedef typename ImageType::IndexType  IndexType;
99     typedef typename ImageType::PointType  PointType;
100     typedef typename ImageType::RegionType RegionType;
101     typedef typename ImageType::SizeType   SizeType;
102
103     // Region starting point
104     IndexType regionStart;
105     PointType start = bb->GetMinimum();
106     image->TransformPhysicalPointToIndex(start, regionStart);
107     
108     // Region size
109     SizeType regionSize;
110     PointType maxs = bb->GetMaximum();
111     PointType mins = bb->GetMinimum();
112     for(unsigned int i=0; i<ImageType::ImageDimension; i++) {
113       regionSize[i] = lrint((maxs[i] - mins[i])/image->GetSpacing()[i]);
114     }
115    
116     // Create region
117     region.SetIndex(regionStart);
118     region.SetSize(regionSize);
119   }
120   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
121
122   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
123   template<class ImageType, class TMaskImageType>
124   typename ImageType::Pointer
125   SetBackground(const ImageType * input, 
126                 const TMaskImageType * mask, 
127                 typename TMaskImageType::PixelType maskBG,
128                 typename ImageType::PixelType outValue, 
129                 bool inPlace) {
130     typedef SetBackgroundImageFilter<ImageType, TMaskImageType, ImageType> 
131       SetBackgroundImageFilterType;
132     typename SetBackgroundImageFilterType::Pointer setBackgroundFilter 
133       = SetBackgroundImageFilterType::New();
134     //  if (inPlace) setBackgroundFilter->ReleaseDataFlagOn(); // No seg fault
135     setBackgroundFilter->SetInPlace(inPlace); // This is important to keep memory low
136     setBackgroundFilter->SetInput(input);
137     setBackgroundFilter->SetInput2(mask);
138     setBackgroundFilter->SetMaskValue(maskBG);
139     setBackgroundFilter->SetOutsideValue(outValue);
140     setBackgroundFilter->Update();
141     return setBackgroundFilter->GetOutput();
142   }
143   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
144
145
146   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
147   template<class ImageType>
148   int GetNumberOfConnectedComponentLabels(const ImageType * input, 
149                                           typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
150                                           bool isFullyConnected) {
151     // Connected Component label 
152     typedef itk::ConnectedComponentImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> ConnectFilterType;
153     typename ConnectFilterType::Pointer connectFilter = ConnectFilterType::New();
154     connectFilter->SetInput(input);
155     connectFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
156     connectFilter->SetFullyConnected(isFullyConnected);
157     connectFilter->Update();
158   
159     // Return result
160     return connectFilter->GetObjectCount();
161   }
162   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
163
164   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
165   /*
166     Warning : in this cas, we consider outputType like inputType, not
167     InternalImageType. Be sure it fits.
168   */
169   template<class ImageType>
170   typename ImageType::Pointer
171   Labelize(const ImageType * input, 
172            typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
173            bool isFullyConnected, 
174            int minimalComponentSize) {
175     // InternalImageType for storing large number of component
176     typedef itk::Image<int, ImageType::ImageDimension> InternalImageType;
177   
178     // Connected Component label 
179     typedef itk::ConnectedComponentImageFilter<ImageType, InternalImageType> ConnectFilterType;
180     typename ConnectFilterType::Pointer connectFilter = ConnectFilterType::New();
181     //  connectFilter->ReleaseDataFlagOn(); 
182     connectFilter->SetInput(input);
183     connectFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
184     connectFilter->SetFullyConnected(isFullyConnected);
185   
186     // Sort by size and remove too small area.
187     typedef itk::RelabelComponentImageFilter<InternalImageType, ImageType> RelabelFilterType;
188     typename RelabelFilterType::Pointer relabelFilter = RelabelFilterType::New();
189     //  relabelFilter->ReleaseDataFlagOn(); // if yes, fail when ExplosionControlledThresholdConnectedImageFilter ???
190     relabelFilter->SetInput(connectFilter->GetOutput());
191     relabelFilter->SetMinimumObjectSize(minimalComponentSize);
192     relabelFilter->Update();
193
194     // Return result
195     typename ImageType::Pointer output = relabelFilter->GetOutput();
196     return output;
197   }
198   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
199
200
201   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
202   /*
203     Warning : in this cas, we consider outputType like inputType, not
204     InternalImageType. Be sure it fits.
205   */
206   template<class ImageType>
207   typename ImageType::Pointer
208   LabelizeAndCountNumberOfObjects(const ImageType * input, 
209                                   typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
210                                   bool isFullyConnected, 
211                                   int minimalComponentSize, 
212                                   int & nb) {
213     // InternalImageType for storing large number of component
214     typedef itk::Image<int, ImageType::ImageDimension> InternalImageType;
215   
216     // Connected Component label 
217     typedef itk::ConnectedComponentImageFilter<ImageType, InternalImageType> ConnectFilterType;
218     typename ConnectFilterType::Pointer connectFilter = ConnectFilterType::New();
219     //  connectFilter->ReleaseDataFlagOn(); 
220     connectFilter->SetInput(input);
221     connectFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
222     connectFilter->SetFullyConnected(isFullyConnected);
223   
224     // Sort by size and remove too small area.
225     typedef itk::RelabelComponentImageFilter<InternalImageType, ImageType> RelabelFilterType;
226     typename RelabelFilterType::Pointer relabelFilter = RelabelFilterType::New();
227     //  relabelFilter->ReleaseDataFlagOn(); // if yes, fail when ExplosionControlledThresholdConnectedImageFilter ???
228     relabelFilter->SetInput(connectFilter->GetOutput());
229     relabelFilter->SetMinimumObjectSize(minimalComponentSize);
230     relabelFilter->Update();
231
232     nb = relabelFilter->GetNumberOfObjects();
233     // DD(relabelFilter->GetOriginalNumberOfObjects());
234     // DD(relabelFilter->GetSizeOfObjectsInPhysicalUnits()[0]);
235
236     // Return result
237     typename ImageType::Pointer output = relabelFilter->GetOutput();
238     return output;
239   }
240   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
241
242
243
244   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
245   template<class ImageType>
246   typename ImageType::Pointer
247   RemoveLabels(const ImageType * input, 
248                typename ImageType::PixelType BG,
249                std::vector<typename ImageType::PixelType> & labelsToRemove) {
250     assert(labelsToRemove.size() != 0);
251     typename ImageType::Pointer working_image;// = input;
252     for (unsigned int i=0; i <labelsToRemove.size(); i++) {
253       typedef SetBackgroundImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> SetBackgroundImageFilterType;
254       typename SetBackgroundImageFilterType::Pointer setBackgroundFilter = SetBackgroundImageFilterType::New();
255       setBackgroundFilter->SetInput(input);
256       setBackgroundFilter->SetInput2(input);
257       setBackgroundFilter->SetMaskValue(labelsToRemove[i]);
258       setBackgroundFilter->SetOutsideValue(BG);
259       setBackgroundFilter->Update();
260       working_image = setBackgroundFilter->GetOutput();
261     }
262     return working_image;
263   }
264   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
265
266
267   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
268   template<class ImageType>
269   typename ImageType::Pointer
270   KeepLabels(const ImageType * input, 
271              typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
272              typename ImageType::PixelType FG, 
273              typename ImageType::PixelType firstKeep, 
274              typename ImageType::PixelType lastKeep, 
275              bool useLastKeep) {
276     typedef itk::BinaryThresholdImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> BinarizeFilterType; 
277     typename BinarizeFilterType::Pointer binarizeFilter = BinarizeFilterType::New();
278     binarizeFilter->SetInput(input);
279     binarizeFilter->SetLowerThreshold(firstKeep);
280     if (useLastKeep) binarizeFilter->SetUpperThreshold(lastKeep);
281     binarizeFilter->SetInsideValue(FG);
282     binarizeFilter->SetOutsideValue(BG);
283     binarizeFilter->Update();
284     return binarizeFilter->GetOutput();
285   }
286   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
287
288
289   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
290   template<class ImageType>
291   typename ImageType::Pointer
292   LabelizeAndSelectLabels(const ImageType * input,
293                           typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
294                           typename ImageType::PixelType FG, 
295                           bool isFullyConnected,
296                           int minimalComponentSize,
297                           LabelizeParameters<typename ImageType::PixelType> * param)
298   {
299     typename ImageType::Pointer working_image;
300     working_image = Labelize<ImageType>(input, BG, isFullyConnected, minimalComponentSize);
301     if (param->GetLabelsToRemove().size() != 0)
302       working_image = RemoveLabels<ImageType>(working_image, BG, param->GetLabelsToRemove());
303     working_image = KeepLabels<ImageType>(working_image, 
304                                           BG, FG, 
305                                           param->GetFirstKeep(), 
306                                           param->GetLastKeep(), 
307                                           param->GetUseLastKeep());
308     return working_image;
309   }
310   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
311
312
313   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
314   template<class ImageType>
315   typename ImageType::Pointer
316   ResizeImageLike(const ImageType * input,                       
317                   const itk::ImageBase<ImageType::ImageDimension> * like, 
318                   typename ImageType::PixelType backgroundValue) 
319   {
320     typedef CropLikeImageFilter<ImageType> CropFilterType;
321     typename CropFilterType::Pointer cropFilter = CropFilterType::New();
322     cropFilter->SetInput(input);
323     cropFilter->SetCropLikeImage(like);
324     cropFilter->SetBackgroundValue(backgroundValue);
325     cropFilter->Update();
326     return cropFilter->GetOutput();  
327   }
328   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
329
330
331   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
332   template<class MaskImageType>
333   typename MaskImageType::Pointer
334   SliceBySliceRelativePosition(const MaskImageType * input,
335                                const MaskImageType * object,
336                                int direction, 
337                                double threshold, 
338                                std::string orientation, 
339                                bool uniqueConnectedComponent, 
340                                double spacing, 
341                                bool autocropFlag, 
342                                bool singleObjectCCL) 
343   {
344     typedef SliceBySliceRelativePositionFilter<MaskImageType> SliceRelPosFilterType;
345     typename SliceRelPosFilterType::Pointer sliceRelPosFilter = SliceRelPosFilterType::New();
346     sliceRelPosFilter->VerboseStepFlagOff();
347     sliceRelPosFilter->WriteStepFlagOff();
348     sliceRelPosFilter->SetInput(input);
349     sliceRelPosFilter->SetInputObject(object);
350     sliceRelPosFilter->SetDirection(direction);
351     sliceRelPosFilter->SetFuzzyThreshold(threshold);
352     sliceRelPosFilter->AddOrientationTypeString(orientation);
353     sliceRelPosFilter->SetIntermediateSpacingFlag((spacing != -1));
354     sliceRelPosFilter->SetIntermediateSpacing(spacing);
355     sliceRelPosFilter->SetUniqueConnectedComponentBySlice(uniqueConnectedComponent);
356     sliceRelPosFilter->SetUseASingleObjectConnectedComponentBySliceFlag(singleObjectCCL);
357     //    sliceRelPosFilter->SetInverseOrientationFlag(inverseflag); 
358     sliceRelPosFilter->SetAutoCropFlag(autocropFlag); 
359     sliceRelPosFilter->IgnoreEmptySliceObjectFlagOn();
360     sliceRelPosFilter->Update();
361     return sliceRelPosFilter->GetOutput();
362   }
363   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
364
365   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
366   template<class ImageType>
367   bool
368   FindExtremaPointInAGivenDirection(const ImageType * input, 
369                                     typename ImageType::PixelType bg, 
370                                     int direction, bool opposite, 
371                                     typename ImageType::PointType & point)
372   {
373     typename ImageType::PointType dummy;
374     return FindExtremaPointInAGivenDirection(input, bg, direction, 
375                                              opposite, dummy, 0, point);
376   }
377   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
378
379   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
380   template<class ImageType>
381   bool
382   FindExtremaPointInAGivenDirection(const ImageType * input, 
383                                     typename ImageType::PixelType bg, 
384                                     int direction, bool opposite, 
385                                     typename ImageType::PointType refpoint,
386                                     double distanceMax, 
387                                     typename ImageType::PointType & point)
388   {
389     /*
390       loop over input pixels, store the index in the fg that is max
391       according to the given direction. 
392     */    
393     typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIteratorWithIndex<ImageType> IteratorType;
394     IteratorType iter(input, input->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
395     iter.GoToBegin();
396     typename ImageType::IndexType max = input->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex();
397     if (opposite) max = max+input->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize();
398     bool found=false;
399     while (!iter.IsAtEnd()) {
400       if (iter.Get() != bg) {
401         bool test = iter.GetIndex()[direction] >  max[direction];
402         if (opposite) test = !test;
403         if (test) {
404           typename ImageType::PointType p;
405           input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(iter.GetIndex(), p);
406           if ((distanceMax==0) || (p.EuclideanDistanceTo(refpoint) < distanceMax)) {
407             max = iter.GetIndex();
408             found = true;
409           }
410         }
411       }
412       ++iter;
413     }
414     if (!found) return false;
415     input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(max, point);
416     return true;
417   }
418   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
419
420
421   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
422   template<class ImageType>
423   typename ImageType::Pointer
424   CropImageRemoveGreaterThan(const ImageType * image, 
425                  int dim, double min, bool autoCrop,
426                  typename ImageType::PixelType BG) 
427   {
428     return CropImageAlongOneAxis<ImageType>(image, dim, 
429                                             image->GetOrigin()[dim], 
430                                             min,
431                                             autoCrop, BG);
432   }
433   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
434
435
436   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
437   template<class ImageType>
438   typename ImageType::Pointer
439   CropImageRemoveLowerThan(const ImageType * image, 
440                  int dim, double max, bool autoCrop,
441                  typename ImageType::PixelType BG) 
442   {
443     typename ImageType::PointType p;
444     image->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex()+
445                                          image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize(), p);
446     return CropImageAlongOneAxis<ImageType>(image, dim, max, p[dim], autoCrop, BG);
447   }
448   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
449
450
451   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
452   template<class ImageType>
453   typename ImageType::Pointer
454   CropImageAlongOneAxis(const ImageType * image, 
455                         int dim, double min, double max, 
456                         bool autoCrop, typename ImageType::PixelType BG) 
457   {
458     // Compute region size
459     typename ImageType::RegionType region;
460     typename ImageType::SizeType size = image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize();
461     typename ImageType::PointType p = image->GetOrigin();
462     p[dim] = min;
463     typename ImageType::IndexType start;
464     image->TransformPhysicalPointToIndex(p, start);
465     p[dim] = max;
466     typename ImageType::IndexType end;
467     image->TransformPhysicalPointToIndex(p, end);
468     size[dim] = fabs(end[dim]-start[dim]);
469     region.SetIndex(start);
470     region.SetSize(size);
471   
472     // Perform Crop
473     typedef itk::RegionOfInterestImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> CropFilterType;
474     typename CropFilterType::Pointer cropFilter = CropFilterType::New();
475     cropFilter->SetInput(image);
476     cropFilter->SetRegionOfInterest(region);
477     cropFilter->Update();
478     typename ImageType::Pointer result = cropFilter->GetOutput();
479   
480     // Auto Crop
481     if (autoCrop) {
482       result = AutoCrop<ImageType>(result, BG);
483     }
484     return result;
485   }
486   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
487
488
489   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
490   template<class ImageType>
491   void
492   ComputeCentroids(const ImageType * image, 
493                    typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
494                    std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & centroids) 
495   {
496     typedef long LabelType;
497     static const unsigned int Dim = ImageType::ImageDimension;
498     typedef itk::ShapeLabelObject< LabelType, Dim > LabelObjectType;
499     typedef itk::LabelMap< LabelObjectType > LabelMapType;
500     typedef itk::LabelImageToLabelMapFilter<ImageType, LabelMapType> ImageToMapFilterType;
501     typename ImageToMapFilterType::Pointer imageToLabelFilter = ImageToMapFilterType::New(); 
502     typedef itk::ShapeLabelMapFilter<LabelMapType, ImageType> ShapeFilterType; 
503     typename ShapeFilterType::Pointer statFilter = ShapeFilterType::New();
504     imageToLabelFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
505     imageToLabelFilter->SetInput(image);
506     statFilter->SetInput(imageToLabelFilter->GetOutput());
507     statFilter->Update();
508     typename LabelMapType::Pointer labelMap = statFilter->GetOutput();
509
510     centroids.clear();
511     typename ImageType::PointType dummy;
512     centroids.push_back(dummy); // label 0 -> no centroid, use dummy point for BG 
513     //DS FIXME (not useful ! to change ..)
514     for(uint i=0; i<labelMap->GetNumberOfLabelObjects(); i++) {
515       int label = labelMap->GetLabels()[i];
516       centroids.push_back(labelMap->GetLabelObject(label)->GetCentroid());
517     } 
518   }
519   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
520
521
522   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
523   template<class ImageType>
524   void
525   ComputeCentroids2(const ImageType * image, 
526                    typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
527                    std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & centroids) 
528   {
529     typedef long LabelType;
530     static const unsigned int Dim = ImageType::ImageDimension;
531     typedef itk::ShapeLabelObject< LabelType, Dim > LabelObjectType;
532     typedef itk::LabelMap< LabelObjectType > LabelMapType;
533     typedef itk::LabelImageToLabelMapFilter<ImageType, LabelMapType> ImageToMapFilterType;
534     typename ImageToMapFilterType::Pointer imageToLabelFilter = ImageToMapFilterType::New(); 
535     typedef itk::ShapeLabelMapFilter<LabelMapType, ImageType> ShapeFilterType; 
536     typename ShapeFilterType::Pointer statFilter = ShapeFilterType::New();
537     imageToLabelFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
538     imageToLabelFilter->SetInput(image);
539     statFilter->SetInput(imageToLabelFilter->GetOutput());
540     statFilter->Update();
541     typename LabelMapType::Pointer labelMap = statFilter->GetOutput();
542
543     centroids.clear();
544     typename ImageType::PointType dummy;
545     centroids.push_back(dummy); // label 0 -> no centroid, use dummy point
546     for(uint i=1; i<labelMap->GetNumberOfLabelObjects()+1; i++) {
547       centroids.push_back(labelMap->GetLabelObject(i)->GetCentroid());
548     } 
549     
550     for(uint i=1; i<labelMap->GetNumberOfLabelObjects()+1; i++) {
551       DD(labelMap->GetLabelObject(i)->GetBinaryPrincipalAxes());
552       DD(labelMap->GetLabelObject(i)->GetBinaryFlatness());
553       DD(labelMap->GetLabelObject(i)->GetRoundness ());      
554
555       // search for the point on the boundary alog PA
556
557     }
558
559   }
560   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
561
562
563   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
564   template<class ImageType>
565   void
566   ExtractSlices(const ImageType * image, int direction, 
567                 std::vector<typename itk::Image<typename ImageType::PixelType, 
568                                                 ImageType::ImageDimension-1>::Pointer > & slices) 
569   {
570     typedef ExtractSliceFilter<ImageType> ExtractSliceFilterType;
571     typedef typename ExtractSliceFilterType::SliceType SliceType;
572     typename ExtractSliceFilterType::Pointer 
573       extractSliceFilter = ExtractSliceFilterType::New();
574     extractSliceFilter->SetInput(image);
575     extractSliceFilter->SetDirection(direction);
576     extractSliceFilter->Update();
577     extractSliceFilter->GetOutputSlices(slices);
578   }
579   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
580
581
582   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
583   template<class ImageType>
584   void
585   PointsUtils<ImageType>::Convert2DTo3D(const PointType2D & p2D, 
586                                         const ImageType * image, 
587                                         const int slice, 
588                                         PointType3D & p3D)  
589   {
590     IndexType3D index3D;
591     index3D[0] = index3D[1] = 0;
592     index3D[2] = image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex()[2]+slice;
593     image->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(index3D, p3D);
594     p3D[0] = p2D[0]; 
595     p3D[1] = p2D[1];
596     //  p3D[2] = p[2];//(image->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex()[2]+slice)*image->GetSpacing()[2] 
597     //    + image->GetOrigin()[2];
598   }
599   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
600
601
602   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
603   template<class ImageType>
604   void 
605   PointsUtils<ImageType>::Convert2DMapTo3DList(const MapPoint2DType & map, 
606                                             const ImageType * image, 
607                                             VectorPoint3DType & list)
608   {
609     typename MapPoint2DType::const_iterator iter = map.begin();
610     while (iter != map.end()) {
611       PointType3D p;
612       Convert2DTo3D(iter->second, image, iter->first, p);
613       list.push_back(p);
614       ++iter;
615     }
616   }
617   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
618
619
620   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
621   template<class ImageType>
622   void 
623   PointsUtils<ImageType>::Convert2DListTo3DList(const VectorPoint2DType & p2D, 
624                                                 int slice,
625                                                 const ImageType * image, 
626                                                 VectorPoint3DType & list) 
627   {
628     for(uint i=0; i<p2D.size(); i++) {
629       PointType3D p;
630       Convert2DTo3D(p2D[i], image, slice, p);
631       list.push_back(p);
632     }
633   }
634   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
635
636
637   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
638   template<class ImageType>
639   void 
640   WriteListOfLandmarks(std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> points, 
641                        std::string filename)
642   {
643     std::ofstream os; 
644     openFileForWriting(os, filename); 
645     os << "LANDMARKS1" << std::endl;  
646     for(uint i=0; i<points.size(); i++) {
647       const typename ImageType::PointType & p = points[i];
648       // Write it in the file
649       os << i << " " << p[0] << " " << p[1] << " " << p[2] << " 0 0 " << std::endl;
650     }
651     os.close();
652   }
653   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
654
655
656   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
657   template<class ImageType>
658   typename ImageType::Pointer 
659   Dilate(const ImageType * image, double radiusInMM,               
660          typename ImageType::PixelType BG,
661          typename ImageType::PixelType FG,  
662          bool extendSupport)
663   {
664     typename ImageType::SizeType r;
665     for(uint i=0; i<ImageType::ImageDimension; i++) 
666       r[i] = (uint)lrint(radiusInMM/image->GetSpacing()[i]);
667     return Dilate<ImageType>(image, r, BG, FG, extendSupport);
668   }
669   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
670
671
672   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
673   template<class ImageType>
674   typename ImageType::Pointer 
675   Dilate(const ImageType * image, typename ImageType::PointType radiusInMM, 
676          typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
677          typename ImageType::PixelType FG, 
678          bool extendSupport)
679   {
680     typename ImageType::SizeType r;
681     for(uint i=0; i<ImageType::ImageDimension; i++) 
682       r[i] = (uint)lrint(radiusInMM[i]/image->GetSpacing()[i]);
683     return Dilate<ImageType>(image, r, BG, FG, extendSupport);
684   }
685   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
686
687
688   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
689   template<class ImageType>
690   typename ImageType::Pointer 
691   Dilate(const ImageType * image, typename ImageType::SizeType radius, 
692          typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
693          typename ImageType::PixelType FG, 
694          bool extendSupport)
695   {
696     // Create kernel for dilatation
697     typedef itk::BinaryBallStructuringElement<typename ImageType::PixelType, 
698                                               ImageType::ImageDimension> KernelType;
699     KernelType structuringElement;
700     structuringElement.SetRadius(radius);
701     structuringElement.CreateStructuringElement();
702
703     typename ImageType::Pointer output;
704     if (extendSupport) {
705       typedef itk::ConstantPadImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> PadFilterType;
706       typename PadFilterType::Pointer padFilter = PadFilterType::New();
707       padFilter->SetInput(image);
708       typename ImageType::SizeType lower;
709       typename ImageType::SizeType upper;
710       for(uint i=0; i<3; i++) {
711         lower[i] = upper[i] = 2*(radius[i]+1);
712       }
713       padFilter->SetPadLowerBound(lower);
714       padFilter->SetPadUpperBound(upper);
715       padFilter->Update();
716       output = padFilter->GetOutput();
717     }
718
719     // Dilate  filter
720     typedef itk::BinaryDilateImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType , KernelType> DilateFilterType;
721     typename DilateFilterType::Pointer dilateFilter = DilateFilterType::New();
722     dilateFilter->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
723     dilateFilter->SetForegroundValue(FG);
724     dilateFilter->SetBoundaryToForeground(false);
725     dilateFilter->SetKernel(structuringElement);
726     dilateFilter->SetInput(output);
727     dilateFilter->Update();
728     return dilateFilter->GetOutput();
729   }
730   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
731
732
733   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
734   template<class ImageType>
735   typename ImageType::Pointer 
736   Opening(const ImageType * image, typename ImageType::SizeType radius,
737          typename ImageType::PixelType BG,
738          typename ImageType::PixelType FG)
739   {
740     // Kernel 
741     typedef itk::BinaryBallStructuringElement<typename ImageType::PixelType, 
742                                               ImageType::ImageDimension> KernelType;    
743     KernelType structuringElement;
744     structuringElement.SetRadius(radius);
745     structuringElement.CreateStructuringElement();
746     
747     // Filter
748     typedef itk::BinaryMorphologicalOpeningImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType , KernelType> OpeningFilterType;
749     typename OpeningFilterType::Pointer open = OpeningFilterType::New();
750     open->SetInput(image);
751     open->SetBackgroundValue(BG);
752     open->SetForegroundValue(FG);
753     open->SetKernel(structuringElement);
754     open->Update();
755     return open->GetOutput();
756   }
757   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
758
759
760
761   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
762   template<class ValueType, class VectorType>
763   void ConvertOption(std::string optionName, uint given, 
764                      ValueType * values, VectorType & p, 
765                      uint dim, bool required) 
766   {
767     if (required && (given == 0)) {
768       clitkExceptionMacro("The option --" << optionName << " must be set and have 1 or " 
769                           << dim << " values.");
770     }
771     if (given == 1) {
772       for(uint i=0; i<dim; i++) p[i] = values[0];
773       return;
774     }
775     if (given == dim) {
776       for(uint i=0; i<dim; i++) p[i] = values[i];
777       return;
778     }
779     if (given == 0) return;
780     clitkExceptionMacro("The option --" << optionName << " must have 1 or " 
781                         << dim << " values.");
782   }
783   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
784
785
786   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
787   /*
788     http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=542870
789     Assuming the points are (Ax,Ay) (Bx,By) and (Cx,Cy), you need to compute:
790     (Bx - Ax) * (Cy - Ay) - (By - Ay) * (Cx - Ax)
791     This will equal zero if the point C is on the line formed by
792     points A and B, and will have a different sign depending on the
793     side. Which side this is depends on the orientation of your (x,y)
794     coordinates, but you can plug test values for A,B and C into this
795     formula to determine whether negative values are to the left or to
796     the right.
797     => to accelerate, start with formula, when change sign -> stop and fill
798
799     offsetToKeep = is used to determine which side of the line we
800     keep. The point along the mainDirection but 'offsetToKeep' mm away
801     is kept.
802   
803   */
804   template<class ImageType>
805   void 
806   SliceBySliceSetBackgroundFromLineSeparation(ImageType * input, 
807                                               std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & lA, 
808                                               std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & lB, 
809                                               typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
810                                               int mainDirection, 
811                                               double offsetToKeep)
812   {
813     typedef itk::ImageSliceIteratorWithIndex<ImageType> SliceIteratorType;
814     SliceIteratorType siter = SliceIteratorType(input, 
815                                                 input->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
816     siter.SetFirstDirection(0);
817     siter.SetSecondDirection(1);
818     siter.GoToBegin();
819     uint i=0;
820     typename ImageType::PointType A;
821     typename ImageType::PointType B;
822     typename ImageType::PointType C;
823     assert(lA.size() == lB.size());
824     while ((i<lA.size()) && (!siter.IsAtEnd())) {
825       // Check that the current slice correspond to the current point
826       input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(siter.GetIndex(), C);
827       // DD(C);
828       // DD(i);
829       // DD(lA[i]);
830       if ((fabs(C[2] - lA[i][2]))>0.01) { // is !equal with a tolerance of 0.01 mm
831       }
832       else {
833         // Define A,B,C points
834         A = lA[i];
835         B = lB[i];
836         C = A;
837         // DD(A);
838         // DD(B);
839         // DD(C);
840       
841         // Check that the line is not a point (A=B)
842         bool p = (A[0] == B[0]) && (A[1] == B[1]);
843       
844         if (!p) {
845           C[mainDirection] += offsetToKeep; // I know I must keep this point
846           double s = (B[0] - A[0]) * (C[1] - A[1]) - (B[1] - A[1]) * (C[0] - A[0]);
847           bool isPositive = s<0;
848           while (!siter.IsAtEndOfSlice()) {
849             while (!siter.IsAtEndOfLine()) {
850               // Very slow, I know ... but image should be very small
851               input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(siter.GetIndex(), C);
852               double s = (B[0] - A[0]) * (C[1] - A[1]) - (B[1] - A[1]) * (C[0] - A[0]);
853               if (s == 0) siter.Set(BG); // on the line, we decide to remove
854               if (isPositive) {
855                 if (s > 0) siter.Set(BG);
856               }
857               else {
858                 if (s < 0) siter.Set(BG); 
859               }
860               ++siter;
861             }
862             siter.NextLine();
863           } // end loop slice
864         }      
865
866         ++i;
867       } // End of current slice
868       siter.NextSlice();
869     }
870   }                                                   
871   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
872
873   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
874   template<class ImageType>
875   void 
876   AndNot(ImageType * input, 
877          const ImageType * object, 
878          typename ImageType::PixelType BG)
879   {
880     typename ImageType::Pointer o;
881     bool resized=false;
882     if (!clitk::HaveSameSizeAndSpacing<ImageType, ImageType>(input, object)) {
883       o = clitk::ResizeImageLike<ImageType>(object, input, BG);
884       resized = true;
885     }
886
887     typedef clitk::BooleanOperatorLabelImageFilter<ImageType> BoolFilterType;
888     typename BoolFilterType::Pointer boolFilter = BoolFilterType::New(); 
889     boolFilter->InPlaceOn();
890     boolFilter->SetInput1(input);
891     if (resized) boolFilter->SetInput2(o);  
892     else boolFilter->SetInput2(object);
893     boolFilter->SetBackgroundValue1(BG);
894     boolFilter->SetBackgroundValue2(BG);
895     boolFilter->SetOperationType(BoolFilterType::AndNot);
896     boolFilter->Update();
897   }
898   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
899
900
901   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
902   template<class ImageType>
903   typename ImageType::Pointer
904   Binarize(const ImageType * input, 
905            typename ImageType::PixelType lower, 
906            typename ImageType::PixelType upper, 
907            typename ImageType::PixelType BG,
908            typename ImageType::PixelType FG) 
909   {
910     typedef itk::BinaryThresholdImageFilter<ImageType, ImageType> BinaryThresholdFilterType;
911     typename BinaryThresholdFilterType::Pointer binarizeFilter = BinaryThresholdFilterType::New();
912     binarizeFilter->SetInput(input);
913     binarizeFilter->InPlaceOff();
914     binarizeFilter->SetLowerThreshold(lower);
915     binarizeFilter->SetUpperThreshold(upper);
916     binarizeFilter->SetInsideValue(FG);
917     binarizeFilter->SetOutsideValue(BG);
918     binarizeFilter->Update();
919     return binarizeFilter->GetOutput();
920   }
921   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
922
923
924   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
925   template<class ImageType>
926   void
927   GetMinMaxPointPosition(const ImageType * input, 
928                          typename ImageType::PointType & min,
929                          typename ImageType::PointType & max) 
930   {
931     typename ImageType::IndexType index = input->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex();
932     input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(index, min);
933     index = index+input->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize();
934     input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(index, max);
935   }
936   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
937
938
939   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
940   template<class ImageType>
941   typename ImageType::PointType
942   FindExtremaPointInAGivenLine(const ImageType * input, 
943                                int dimension, 
944                                bool inverse, 
945                                typename ImageType::PointType p, 
946                                typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
947                                double distanceMax) 
948   {
949     // Which direction ?  Increasing or decreasing.
950     int d=1;
951     if (inverse) d=-1;
952   
953     // Transform to pixel index
954     typename ImageType::IndexType index;
955     input->TransformPhysicalPointToIndex(p, index);
956
957     // Loop while inside the mask;
958     while (input->GetPixel(index) != BG) {
959       index[dimension] += d;
960     }
961
962     // Transform back to Physical Units
963     typename ImageType::PointType result;
964     input->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(index, result);
965
966     // Check that is is not too far away
967     double distance = p.EuclideanDistanceTo(result);
968     if (distance > distanceMax) {
969       result = p; // Get back to initial value
970     }
971
972     return result;
973   }
974   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
975
976
977   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
978   template<class PointType>
979   bool
980   IsOnTheSameLineSide(PointType C, PointType A, PointType B, PointType like) 
981   {
982     // Look at the position of point 'like' according to the AB line
983     double s = (B[0] - A[0]) * (like[1] - A[1]) - (B[1] - A[1]) * (like[0] - A[0]);
984     bool negative = s<0;
985   
986     // Look the C position
987     s = (B[0] - A[0]) * (C[1] - A[1]) - (B[1] - A[1]) * (C[0] - A[0]);
988
989     if (negative && (s<=0)) return true;
990     if (!negative && (s>=0)) return true;
991     return false;
992   }
993   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
994
995
996   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
997   /* Consider an input object, for each slice, find the extrema
998      position according to a given direction and build a line segment
999      passing throught this point in a given direction.  Output is a
1000      vector of line (from point A to B), for each slice;
1001    */
1002   template<class ImageType>
1003   void 
1004   SliceBySliceBuildLineSegmentAccordingToExtremaPosition(const ImageType * input, 
1005                                                          typename ImageType::PixelType BG, 
1006                                                          int sliceDimension, 
1007                                                          int extremaDirection, 
1008                                                          bool extremaOppositeFlag, 
1009                                                          int lineDirection,
1010                                                          double margin,
1011                                                          std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & A, 
1012                                                          std::vector<typename ImageType::PointType> & B)
1013   {
1014     // Type of a slice
1015     typedef typename itk::Image<typename ImageType::PixelType, ImageType::ImageDimension-1> SliceType;
1016     
1017     // Build the list of slices
1018     std::vector<typename SliceType::Pointer> slices;
1019     clitk::ExtractSlices<ImageType>(input, sliceDimension, slices);
1020
1021     // Build the list of 2D points
1022     std::map<int, typename SliceType::PointType> position2D;
1023     for(uint i=0; i<slices.size(); i++) {
1024       typename SliceType::PointType p;
1025       bool found = 
1026         clitk::FindExtremaPointInAGivenDirection<SliceType>(slices[i], BG, 
1027                                                             extremaDirection, extremaOppositeFlag, p);
1028       if (found) {
1029         position2D[i] = p;
1030       }    
1031     }
1032     
1033     // Convert 2D points in slice into 3D points
1034     clitk::PointsUtils<ImageType>::Convert2DMapTo3DList(position2D, input, A);
1035     
1036     // Create additional point just right to the previous ones, on the
1037     // given lineDirection, in order to create a horizontal/vertical line.
1038     for(uint i=0; i<A.size(); i++) {
1039       typename ImageType::PointType p = A[i];
1040       p[lineDirection] += 10;
1041       B.push_back(p);
1042       // Margins ?
1043       A[i][1] += margin;
1044       B[i][1] += margin;
1045     }
1046
1047   }
1048   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
1049
1050
1051   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
1052   template<class ImageType>
1053   typename ImageType::Pointer
1054   SliceBySliceKeepMainCCL(const ImageType * input, 
1055                           typename ImageType::PixelType BG,
1056                           typename ImageType::PixelType FG)  {
1057     
1058     // Extract slices
1059     const int d = ImageType::ImageDimension-1;
1060     typedef typename itk::Image<typename ImageType::PixelType, d> SliceType;
1061     std::vector<typename SliceType::Pointer> slices;
1062     clitk::ExtractSlices<ImageType>(input, d, slices);
1063     
1064     // Labelize and keep the main one
1065     std::vector<typename SliceType::Pointer> o;
1066     for(uint i=0; i<slices.size(); i++) {
1067       o.push_back(clitk::Labelize<SliceType>(slices[i], BG, false, 1));
1068       o[i] = clitk::KeepLabels<SliceType>(o[i], BG, FG, 1, 1, true);
1069     }
1070     
1071     // Join slices
1072     typename ImageType::Pointer output;
1073     output = clitk::JoinSlices<ImageType>(o, input, d);
1074     return output;
1075   }
1076   //--------------------------------------------------------------------
1077
1078
1079 } // end of namespace
1080