+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template< class _TImage, class _TMST >
+typename
+fpa::Image::ExtractEndPointsAndBifurcationsFromMinimumSpanningTree< _TImage, _TMST >::
+TSkeleton*
+fpa::Image::ExtractEndPointsAndBifurcationsFromMinimumSpanningTree< _TImage, _TMST >::
+GetSkeleton( )
+{
+ return(
+ dynamic_cast< TSkeleton* >(
+ this->itk::ProcessObject::GetOutput(
+ this->GetNumberOfRequiredOutputs( ) - 1
+ )
+ )
+ );
+}
+