#include "itkOtsuThresholdImageFilter.h"
#include "itkBinaryThinningImageFilter3D.h"
#include "itkImageIteratorWithIndex.h"
-
+#include "itkBinaryMorphologicalOpeningImageFilter.h"
+#include "itkBinaryMorphologicalClosingImageFilter.h"
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
SetUpperThresholdForTrachea(-900);
SetMultiplierForTrachea(5);
SetThresholdStepSizeForTrachea(64);
+ SetNumberOfSlicesToSkipBeforeSearchingSeed(0);
// Step 3 default values
SetNumberOfHistogramBins(500);
p3->UseLastKeepOff();
SetLabelizeParameters3(p3);
- // Step 5 : find bronchial bifurcations
- FindBronchialBifurcationsOn();
+ // Step 5
+ FinalOpenCloseOff();
+ SetFinalOpenCloseRadius(1);
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
SetUpperThreshold_GGO(mArgsInfo);
SetLowerThreshold_GGO(mArgsInfo);
+ SetNumberOfSlicesToSkipBeforeSearchingSeed_GGO(mArgsInfo);
SetLabelizeParameters1_GGO(mArgsInfo);
if (!mArgsInfo.remove1_given) {
GetLabelizeParameters1()->AddLabelToRemove(2);
SetRadiusForTrachea_GGO(mArgsInfo);
SetLabelizeParameters3_GGO(mArgsInfo);
+
+ SetFinalOpenCloseRadius_GGO(mArgsInfo);
+ SetFinalOpenClose_GGO(mArgsInfo);
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
GenerateOutputInformation()
{
- Superclass::GenerateOutputInformation(); // Needed ??
- this->GetOutput(0)->SetRequestedRegion(this->GetOutput(0)->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
+ Superclass::GenerateOutputInformation();
// Get input pointers
patient = dynamic_cast<const MaskImageType*>(itk::ProcessObject::GetInput(1));
// Check image
if (!HaveSameSizeAndSpacing<ImageType, MaskImageType>(input, patient)) {
- this->SetLastError("* ERROR * the images (input and patient mask) must have the same size & spacing");
- return;
+ clitkExceptionMacro("the 'input' and 'patient' masks must have the same size & spacing.");
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Set background to initial image");
+ StartNewStep("Set background to initial image");
working_input = SetBackground<ImageType, MaskImageType>
(input, patient, GetPatientMaskBackgroundValue(), -1000);
StopCurrentStep<ImageType>(working_input);
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Remove Air");
+ StartNewStep("Remove Air");
+ // Check threshold
+ if (m_UseLowerThreshold) {
+ if (m_LowerThreshold > m_UpperThreshold) {
+ clitkExceptionMacro("lower threshold cannot be greater than upper threshold.");
+ }
+ }
// Threshold to get air
typedef itk::BinaryThresholdImageFilter<ImageType, InternalImageType> InputBinarizeFilterType;
typename InputBinarizeFilterType::Pointer binarizeFilter=InputBinarizeFilterType::New();
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Find the trachea");
- if (m_Seeds.size() == 0) { // try to find seed
- // Search seed (parameters = UpperThresholdForTrachea)
- static const unsigned int Dim = ImageType::ImageDimension;
- typename InternalImageType::RegionType sliceRegion = working_input->GetLargestPossibleRegion();
- typename InternalImageType::SizeType sliceRegionSize = sliceRegion.GetSize();
- typename InternalImageType::IndexType sliceRegionIndex = sliceRegion.GetIndex();
- sliceRegionIndex[Dim-1]=sliceRegionSize[Dim-1]-5;
- sliceRegionSize[Dim-1]=5;
- sliceRegion.SetSize(sliceRegionSize);
- sliceRegion.SetIndex(sliceRegionIndex);
- typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIterator<ImageType> IteratorType;
- IteratorType it(working_input, sliceRegion);
- it.GoToBegin();
- while (!it.IsAtEnd()) {
- if(it.Get() < GetUpperThresholdForTrachea() ) {
- AddSeed(it.GetIndex());
- }
- ++it;
- }
- }
-
- if (m_Seeds.size() != 0) {
- // Explosion controlled region growing
- typedef clitk::ExplosionControlledThresholdConnectedImageFilter<ImageType, InternalImageType> ImageFilterType;
- typename ImageFilterType::Pointer f= ImageFilterType::New();
- f->SetInput(working_input);
- f->SetVerbose(false);
- f->SetLower(-2000);
- f->SetUpper(GetUpperThresholdForTrachea());
- f->SetMinimumLowerThreshold(-2000);
- f->SetMaximumUpperThreshold(0);
- f->SetAdaptLowerBorder(false);
- f->SetAdaptUpperBorder(true);
- f->SetMinimumSize(5000);
- f->SetReplaceValue(1);
- f->SetMultiplier(GetMultiplierForTrachea());
- f->SetThresholdStepSize(GetThresholdStepSizeForTrachea());
- f->SetMinimumThresholdStepSize(1);
- for(unsigned int i=0; i<m_Seeds.size();i++) {
- f->AddSeed(m_Seeds[i]);
- }
- f->Update();
- trachea_tmp = f->GetOutput();
- // Set output
- StopCurrentStep<InternalImageType>(trachea_tmp);
- }
- else { // Trachea not found
- this->SetWarning("* WARNING * No seed found for trachea.");
- StopCurrentStep();
- }
+ StartNewStep("Search for the trachea");
+ SearchForTrachea();
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Extract the lung with Otsu filter");
+ StartNewStep("Extract the lung with Otsu filter");
// Automated Otsu thresholding and relabeling
typedef itk::OtsuThresholdImageFilter<ImageType,InternalImageType> OtsuThresholdImageFilterType;
typename OtsuThresholdImageFilterType::Pointer otsuFilter=OtsuThresholdImageFilterType::New();
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Select labels");
+ StartNewStep("Select labels");
// Keep right labels
working_image = LabelizeAndSelectLabels<InternalImageType>
(working_image,
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
if (m_Seeds.size() != 0) { // if ==0 ->no trachea found
- StartNewStepOrStop("Remove the trachea");
+ StartNewStep("Remove the trachea");
// Set the trachea
working_image = SetBackground<InternalImageType, InternalImageType>
(working_image, trachea_tmp, 1, -1);
- // Dilate the trachea
+ // Dilate the trachea
static const unsigned int Dim = ImageType::ImageDimension;
typedef itk::BinaryBallStructuringElement<InternalPixelType, Dim> KernelType;
KernelType structuringElement;
typedef clitk::AutoCropFilter<InternalImageType> CropFilterType;
typename CropFilterType::Pointer cropFilter = CropFilterType::New();
if (m_Seeds.size() != 0) { // if ==0 ->no trachea found
- StartNewStepOrStop("Croping trachea");
+ StartNewStep("Croping trachea");
cropFilter->SetInput(trachea_tmp);
cropFilter->Update(); // Needed
typedef itk::CastImageFilter<InternalImageType, MaskImageType> CastImageFilterType;
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Croping lung");
+ StartNewStep("Croping lung");
typename CropFilterType::Pointer cropFilter2 = CropFilterType::New(); // Needed to reset pipeline
cropFilter2->SetInput(working_image);
cropFilter2->Update();
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
- StartNewStepOrStop("Separate Left/Right lungs");
+ // Final OpenClose
+ if (GetFinalOpenClose()) {
+ StartNewStep("Open/Close");
+
+ // Structuring element
+ typedef itk::BinaryBallStructuringElement<InternalPixelType, ImageDimension> KernelType;
+ KernelType structuringElement;
+ structuringElement.SetRadius(GetFinalOpenCloseRadius());
+ structuringElement.CreateStructuringElement();
+
+ // Open
+ typedef itk::BinaryMorphologicalOpeningImageFilter<InternalImageType, InternalImageType, KernelType> OpenFilterType;
+ typename OpenFilterType::Pointer openFilter = OpenFilterType::New();
+ openFilter->SetInput(working_image);
+ openFilter->SetBackgroundValue(GetBackgroundValue());
+ openFilter->SetForegroundValue(GetForegroundValue());
+ openFilter->SetKernel(structuringElement);
+
+ // Close
+ typedef itk::BinaryMorphologicalClosingImageFilter<InternalImageType, InternalImageType, KernelType> CloseFilterType;
+ typename CloseFilterType::Pointer closeFilter = CloseFilterType::New();
+ closeFilter->SetInput(openFilter->GetOutput());
+ closeFilter->SetSafeBorder(true);
+ closeFilter->SetForegroundValue(GetForegroundValue());
+ closeFilter->SetKernel(structuringElement);
+ closeFilter->Update();
+ working_image = closeFilter->GetOutput();
+ }
+
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ StartNewStep("Separate Left/Right lungs");
// Initial label
working_image = Labelize<InternalImageType>(working_image,
GetBackgroundValue(),
working_image = decomposeAndReconstructFilter->GetOutput();
}
- // Retain labels (lungs)
+ // Retain labels ('1' is largset lung, so right. '2' is left)
typedef itk::ThresholdImageFilter<InternalImageType> ThresholdImageFilterType;
typename ThresholdImageFilterType::Pointer thresholdFilter = ThresholdImageFilterType::New();
thresholdFilter->SetInput(working_image);
StopCurrentStep<InternalImageType> (working_image);
// Final Cast
- StartNewStepOrStop("Final cast");
+ StartNewStep("Cast the lung mask");
typedef itk::CastImageFilter<InternalImageType, MaskImageType> CastImageFilterType;
typename CastImageFilterType::Pointer caster= CastImageFilterType::New();
caster->SetInput(working_image);
// Update output info
this->GetOutput(0)->SetRegions(output->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
- // Try to extract bifurcation in the trachea (bronchi)
- // STILL EXPERIMENTAL
- if (GetFindBronchialBifurcations()) {
- StartNewStepOrStop("Find bronchial bifurcations");
- // Step 1 : extract skeleton
- // Define the thinning filter
- typedef itk::BinaryThinningImageFilter3D<MaskImageType, MaskImageType> ThinningFilterType;
- typename ThinningFilterType::Pointer thinningFilter = ThinningFilterType::New();
- thinningFilter->SetInput(trachea);
- thinningFilter->Update();
- typename MaskImageType::Pointer skeleton = thinningFilter->GetOutput();
- writeImage<MaskImageType>(skeleton, "skeleton.mhd");
-
- // Step 2 : tracking
- DD("tracking");
-
- // Step 2.1 : find first point for tracking
- typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIteratorWithIndex<MaskImageType> IteratorType;
- IteratorType it(skeleton, skeleton->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
- it.GoToReverseBegin();
- while ((!it.IsAtEnd()) && (it.Get() == GetBackgroundValue())) {
- --it;
- }
- if (it.IsAtEnd()) {
- this->SetLastError("ERROR: first point in the skeleton not found ! Abord");
- return;
- }
- DD(skeleton->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetIndex());
- typename MaskImageType::IndexType index = it.GetIndex();
- DD(index);
-
- // Step 2.2 : initialize neighborhooditerator
- typedef itk::NeighborhoodIterator<MaskImageType> NeighborhoodIteratorType;
- typename NeighborhoodIteratorType::SizeType radius;
- radius.Fill(1);
- NeighborhoodIteratorType nit(radius, skeleton, skeleton->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
- DD(nit.GetSize());
- DD(nit.Size());
-
- // Find first label number (must be different from BG and FG)
- typename MaskImageType::PixelType label = GetForegroundValue()+1;
- while ((label == GetBackgroundValue()) || (label == GetForegroundValue())) { label++; }
- DD(label);
-
- // Track from the first point
- std::vector<BifurcationType> listOfBifurcations;
- TrackFromThisIndex(listOfBifurcations, skeleton, index, label);
- DD("end track");
- DD(listOfBifurcations.size());
- writeImage<MaskImageType>(skeleton, "skeleton2.mhd");
-
- for(unsigned int i=0; i<listOfBifurcations.size(); i++) {
- typename MaskImageType::PointType p;
- skeleton->TransformIndexToPhysicalPoint(listOfBifurcations[i].index, p);
- DD(p);
- }
- }
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
void
clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
-GenerateData() {
- // Do not put some "startnewstep" here, because the object if
- // modified and the filter's pipeline it do two times. But it is
- // required to quit if MustStop was set before.
- if (GetMustStop()) return;
-
- // If everything goes well, set the output
+GenerateData()
+{
+ // Set the output
this->GraftOutput(output); // not SetNthOutput
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
-void
+bool
clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
-TrackFromThisIndex(std::vector<BifurcationType> & listOfBifurcations,
- MaskImagePointer skeleton,
- MaskImageIndexType index,
- MaskImagePixelType label) {
- DD("TrackFromThisIndex");
- DD(index);
- DD((int)label);
- // Create NeighborhoodIterator
- typedef itk::NeighborhoodIterator<MaskImageType> NeighborhoodIteratorType;
- typename NeighborhoodIteratorType::SizeType radius;
- radius.Fill(1);
- NeighborhoodIteratorType nit(radius, skeleton, skeleton->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
+SearchForTracheaSeed(int skip)
+{
+ if (m_Seeds.size() == 0) { // try to find seed (if not zero, it is given by user)
+ // Restart the search until a seed is found, skipping more and more slices
+ bool stop = false;
+ while (!stop) {
+ // Search seed (parameters = UpperThresholdForTrachea)
+ static const unsigned int Dim = ImageType::ImageDimension;
+ typename InternalImageType::RegionType sliceRegion = working_input->GetLargestPossibleRegion();
+ typename InternalImageType::SizeType sliceRegionSize = sliceRegion.GetSize();
+ typename InternalImageType::IndexType sliceRegionIndex = sliceRegion.GetIndex();
+ sliceRegionIndex[Dim-1]=sliceRegionSize[Dim-1]-skip-5;
+ sliceRegionSize[Dim-1]=5;
+ sliceRegion.SetSize(sliceRegionSize);
+ sliceRegion.SetIndex(sliceRegionIndex);
+ typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIterator<ImageType> IteratorType;
+ IteratorType it(working_input, sliceRegion);
+ it.GoToBegin();
+ while (!it.IsAtEnd()) {
+ if(it.Get() < GetUpperThresholdForTrachea() ) {
+ AddSeed(it.GetIndex());
+ // DD(it.GetIndex());
+ }
+ ++it;
+ }
- // Track
- std::vector<typename NeighborhoodIteratorType::IndexType> listOfTrackedPoint;
- bool stop = false;
- while (!stop) {
- nit.SetLocation(index);
- // DD((int)nit.GetCenterPixel());
- nit.SetCenterPixel(label);
- listOfTrackedPoint.clear();
- for(unsigned int i=0; i<nit.Size(); i++) {
- if (i != nit.GetCenterNeighborhoodIndex ()) { // Do not observe the current point
- // DD(nit.GetIndex(i));
- if (nit.GetPixel(i) == GetForegroundValue()) { // if this is foreground, we continue the tracking
- // DD(nit.GetIndex(i));
- listOfTrackedPoint.push_back(nit.GetIndex(i));
+ // if we do not found : restart
+ stop = (m_Seeds.size() != 0);
+ if (!stop) {
+ if (GetVerboseStep()) {
+ std::cout << "\t No seed found this time. I skip some slices and restart." << std::endl;
+ }
+ if (skip > 0.5 * working_input->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize()[2]) {
+ // we want to skip more than a half of the image, it is probably a bug
+ std::cerr << "Number of slices to skip to find trachea to high = " << skip << std::endl;
+ stop = true;
}
+ skip += 5;
}
}
- // DD(listOfTrackedPoint.size());
- if (listOfTrackedPoint.size() == 1) {
- index = listOfTrackedPoint[0];
- }
- else {
- if (listOfTrackedPoint.size() == 2) {
- BifurcationType bif(index, label, label+1, label+2);
- listOfBifurcations.push_back(bif);
- TrackFromThisIndex(listOfBifurcations, skeleton, listOfTrackedPoint[0], label+1);
- TrackFromThisIndex(listOfBifurcations, skeleton, listOfTrackedPoint[1], label+2);
+ }
+ return (m_Seeds.size() != 0);
+}
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
+void
+clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
+TracheaRegionGrowing()
+{
+ // Explosion controlled region growing
+ typedef clitk::ExplosionControlledThresholdConnectedImageFilter<ImageType, InternalImageType> ImageFilterType;
+ typename ImageFilterType::Pointer f= ImageFilterType::New();
+ f->SetInput(working_input);
+ f->SetVerbose(false);
+ f->SetLower(-2000);
+ f->SetUpper(GetUpperThresholdForTrachea());
+ f->SetMinimumLowerThreshold(-2000);
+ f->SetMaximumUpperThreshold(0);
+ f->SetAdaptLowerBorder(false);
+ f->SetAdaptUpperBorder(true);
+ f->SetMinimumSize(5000);
+ f->SetReplaceValue(1);
+ f->SetMultiplier(GetMultiplierForTrachea());
+ f->SetThresholdStepSize(GetThresholdStepSizeForTrachea());
+ f->SetMinimumThresholdStepSize(1);
+ for(unsigned int i=0; i<m_Seeds.size();i++) {
+ f->AddSeed(m_Seeds[i]);
+ // DD(m_Seeds[i]);
+ }
+ f->Update();
+
+ // take first (main) connected component
+ trachea_tmp = Labelize<InternalImageType>(f->GetOutput(),
+ GetBackgroundValue(),
+ true,
+ GetMinimalComponentSize());
+ trachea_tmp = KeepLabels<InternalImageType>(trachea_tmp,
+ GetBackgroundValue(),
+ GetForegroundValue(),
+ 1, 1, false);
+}
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
+double
+clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
+ComputeTracheaVolume()
+{
+ typedef itk::ImageRegionConstIterator<InternalImageType> IteratorType;
+ IteratorType iter(trachea_tmp, trachea_tmp->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
+ iter.GoToBegin();
+ double volume = 0.0;
+ while (!iter.IsAtEnd()) {
+ if (iter.Get() == this->GetForegroundValue()) volume++;
+ ++iter;
+ }
+
+ double voxelsize = trachea_tmp->GetSpacing()[0]*trachea_tmp->GetSpacing()[1]*trachea_tmp->GetSpacing()[2];
+ return volume*voxelsize;
+}
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <class ImageType, class MaskImageType>
+void
+clitk::ExtractLungFilter<ImageType, MaskImageType>::
+SearchForTrachea()
+{
+ // Search for seed among n slices, skip some slices before starting
+ // if not found -> skip more and restart
+
+ // when seed found : perform region growing
+ // compute trachea volume
+ // if volume not plausible -> skip more slices and restart
+
+ bool stop = false;
+ double volume = 0.0;
+ int skip = GetNumberOfSlicesToSkipBeforeSearchingSeed();
+ while (!stop) {
+ stop = SearchForTracheaSeed(skip);
+ if (stop) {
+ TracheaRegionGrowing();
+ volume = ComputeTracheaVolume()/1000; // assume mm3, so divide by 1000 to get cc
+ if ((volume > 10) && (volume < 55 )) { // it is ok
+ // Typical volume 22.59 cm 3 (± 7.69 cm 3 ) [ Leader 2004 ]
+ if (GetVerboseStep()) {
+ std::cout << "\t Found trachea with volume " << volume << " cc." << std::endl;
+ }
+ stop = true;
}
else {
- if (listOfTrackedPoint.size() > 2) {
- std::cerr << "too much bifurcation points ... ?" << std::endl;
- exit(0);
- }
- // Else this it the end of the tracking
+ if (GetVerboseStep()) {
+ std::cout << "\t The volume of the trachea (" << volume
+ << " cc) seems not correct. I skip some slices (" << skip << ") and restart to find seeds."
+ << std::endl;
+ }
+ skip += 5;
+ stop = false;
+ // empty the list of seed
+ m_Seeds.clear();
}
- stop = true;
}
}
+
+ if (volume != 0.0) {
+ // Set output
+ StopCurrentStep<InternalImageType>(trachea_tmp);
+ }
+ else { // Trachea not found
+ this->SetWarning("* WARNING * No seed found for trachea.");
+ StopCurrentStep();
+ }
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
#endif //#define CLITKBOOLEANOPERATORLABELIMAGEFILTER_TXX