[Insight-developers] 2D -> area, ND-> ???

[Bill Lorensen]

It could be called Region.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Gaëtan Lehmann
<gaetan.lehmann at jouy.inra.fr> wrote:
>
> Le 18 févr. 09 à 16:30, Bill Lorensen a écrit :
>
>> I think that "area opening" is the accepted usage even though it can
>> apply to higher dimensions than 2. Papers that process 3D medical
>> images still use the term area opening. Certainly if someone wants to
>> look up the algorithm in a book like Soilles' they would look up area
>> opening in the index. I don't think we should introduce a new
>> terminology.
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I must agree with you: even if the attribute is called "size" by some
> authors, the transform is always called "area opening".
> I've kept the name unchanged.
>
> The question is still open though, because I used that attribute in the
> label map contribution, and I will have to give it a name :-)
>
> Gaëtan
>
>
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Gaëtan Lehmann
>> <gaetan.lehmann at jouy.inra.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm working on Richard's contribution http://hdl.handle.net/1926/1316 ,
>>> and
>>> I have a naming problem: the transform described here is often called
>>> "area
>>> opening" in 2D.
>>> But "area" is the right term only in the 2D case. What would be the right
>>> term to use for the ND case used in ITK?
>>> I personally use "size", but don't like it much because itk::Size refers
>>> to
>>> a N-dimensional size in ITK.
>>> Volume seems a bit too 3D connoted, and is also used for the 2D case +
>>> grayscale values in many places.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Gaëtan
>>>
>>>
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