[Insight-developers] RE: Advection term in ShapeDetection level set method

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez@kitware.com
Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:46:50 -0500


Lydia, Josh,

Thanks,
That's makes one parameter entry less in the GUI   :-)


   Luis


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Joshua Cates wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
>>I believe all the other filters just set the advection weight to zero by
>>default and do not generate the "AdvectionImage".
> 
> 
> Yes, by default this term is zero and not calculated as part of the 
> equation.
> 
> Josh.
> 
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> 
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Lydia Ng wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Luis,
>>
>>The advection term has no effect on the
>>ShapeDetectionLevelSetImageFilter.
>>The ability to handle an "advection" term is inherited from the 
>>SegmentationLevelSetFilter.
>>
>>>From doing a search, only Canny and Geodesic uses the advection term.
>>I believe all the other filters just set the advection weight to zero by
>>default and do not generate the "AdvectionImage".
>>
>>- Lydia
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Luis Ibanez [mailto:luis.ibanez@kitware.com]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:57 AM
>>>To: Joshua Cates; Lydia Ng
>>>Cc: Insight Developers List
>>>Subject: Advection term in ShapeDetection level set method
>>>
>>>Hi Josh, Lydia,
>>>
>>>The Set/Get Advection term is available in the
>>>Segmentation Level Set Image Filter. So the
>>>ShapeDetectionImageFilter inherits this method.
>>>
>>>I'm wondering if setting this Advection term
>>>has any effect on the computations performed
>>>by the ShapeDetectionLevelSetImageFilter, or
>>>if it is in the API only to be consistent with
>>>the GeodesicActiveContours.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for any advice,
>>>
>>>
>>>   Luis
>>
> 
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