//--------------------------------------------------------------------
template<class TPixel>
std::string GetTypeAsString() {
+ // http://www.vtk.org/doc/release/3/html/vtkSetGet_8h-source.html
+ // and
+ // itkImageIOBase.cxx
const std::type_info & PixType = typeid(TPixel);
std::string pixelName;
if (PixType == typeid(char)) pixelName = "char"; // 'plain" char is different from signed char and unsigned char ...