/*=========================================================================
                                                                                
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbvtkMIPCreator.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/03/19 13:30:18 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
                                                                                
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  l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
  http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/bbtk/License.html for details.
                                                                                
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=========================================================================*//**
 * \brief Short description in one line
 * 
 * Long description which 
 * can span multiple lines
 */
/**
 * \file 
 * \brief Pattern for the definition of a new type of Node (header)
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::NodePatern 
 * \brief Pattern for the definition of a new type of Node 
 */


#ifdef _USE_VTK_


#ifndef __bbvtkMIPCreator_h_INCLUDED__
#define __bbvtkMIPCreator_h_INCLUDED__


#include "bbtkAtomicBlackBox.h"

#include "vtkImageData.h"
#include <vtkImageShiftScale.h>
#include <vtkVolumeRayCastMIPFunction.h>
#include <vtkVolumeRayCastMapper.h>
#include "vtkProp3D.h"
#include "vtkVolume.h"

namespace bbvtk
{


  
  class /*BBTK_EXPORT*/ MIPCreator : public bbtk::AtomicBlackBox
  { 
  public:
    BBTK_USER_BLACK_BOX_INTERFACE(MIPCreator,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox);
    //    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(Contour,int);
    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(In,vtkImageData *);
    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(Shift,int);
    BBTK_DECLARE_INPUT(Scale,float);
    BBTK_DECLARE_OUTPUT(Out,vtkProp3D*);
    BBTK_PROCESS(Process);
    void Process();
    
  protected:
    virtual void bbUserConstructor();
    virtual void bbUserCopyConstructor();
    void Init();
  private:
    vtkImageShiftScale* mCast;
    vtkVolumeRayCastMIPFunction* mMIP;
    vtkVolumeRayCastMapper* mMapper;
    vtkVolume* mVolume;
  };
   
  //=================================================================
  // UserBlackBox description
  BBTK_BEGIN_DESCRIBE_BLACK_BOX(MIPCreator,bbtk::AtomicBlackBox);
  BBTK_NAME("MIPCreator");
  BBTK_AUTHOR("laurent.guigues@creatis.insa-lyon.fr");
  BBTK_DESCRIPTION("Creates a Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) view of a 3D image. Creates a vtkProp3D object to insert into a 3D scene (e.g. a Viewer3D)");
  BBTK_CATEGORY("3D object creator");
  BBTK_INPUT(MIPCreator,Shift,"Gray scale shift",int);
  BBTK_INPUT(MIPCreator,Scale,"Gray scale scaling",float);
  BBTK_INPUT(MIPCreator,In,"Input Image",vtkImageData *);
  BBTK_OUTPUT(MIPCreator,Out,"MIP object to plug into a 3D viewer",vtkProp3D*);
  BBTK_END_DESCRIBE_BLACK_BOX(MIPCreator);
  //=================================================================


}//namespace bbvtk

#endif  //__bbtvtkMIPCreator_h__

#endif //_USE_VTK_