[Insight-users] setting the spacing when writing an image to disk

Lucas Lorenzo lucas at cvrti.utah.edu
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:00:46 -0700


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Hi Luis and Lydia,

I've just checked out a CVS copy so I'm using the last version of 
FastMarchingImageFilter.
When doing an Update on this filter I'm catching this exception:

Exception caught ! fastMarching

itk::ExceptionObject (0x11021d0)
Location: "Unknown"
File: /bin/ITK-1.6.0/include/InsightToolkit/Common/itkImageBase.txx
Line: 159
Description: itk::ERROR: Image(0x1101f00): 
itk::ImageBase::CopyInformation() cannot cast PKN3itk10DataObjectE to 
PN3itk9ImageBaseILj2EEE


Could you please give me some feed back on this ?
Thanks,

Lucas
On Feb 19, 2004, at 12:05 AM, Luis Ibanez wrote:

>
> Hi Lucas,
>
> The changes to the FastMarchingImageFilter have
> been commited. The output image now uses the
> spacing and origin of the input image.
>
> Please let us know if you find any problem.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>    Luis
>
>
> ------------------------
> Lucas Lorenzo wrote:
>
>> Hi Luis,
>> sorry for answering so late.
>> I've tried what you suggested but I have a run time error "Abort 
>> trap"  when trying to apply the GetOutput() method to my  
>> FastMarchingImageFilter object.
>> Let me know if there are any other changes we could try.
>> Thanks,
>> Lucas
>> On Feb 11, 2004, at 5:58 AM, Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Lucas,
>>>
>>> Thanks for pointing this out.
>>>
>>>
>>> Please try the following:
>>>
>>> Edit the file:
>>>
>>>   Insight/Code/Algorithms/
>>>      itkFastMarchingImageFilter.txx
>>>
>>> Go to to line :  150
>>> and after the statement
>>>
>>>>   output->Allocate();
>>>
>>>
>>> add
>>>
>>>    output->CopyInformation( this->GetInput() );
>>>
>>> Then, go to line : 157
>>> and after the statement
>>>
>>>
>>>>   m_LabelImage->Allocate();
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> add
>>>
>>>    m_LabelImage->CopyInformation( this->GetInput() );
>>>
>>>
>>> This should copy the origin and spacing
>>> of the input image into the output and
>>> label images.
>>>
>>>
>>> Then recompile your application and try
>>> running it to see if the correct spacing
>>> appears in the file.
>>>
>>>
>>> Please let us know what you find, so we proceed
>>> to do the same changes in the repository.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      Luis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------
>>> Lucas Lorenzo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Luis,
>>>> sorry for having such a mess in my code.
>>>> I'm using an application based on  ITK/Testing/Code/Algorithms/ 
>>>> itkGeodesicActiveContourShapePriorLevelSetImageFilterTest_2.cxx The 
>>>>  spacing is being carried through the pipeline with no problem, 
>>>> except  when arriving to the point when I have to generate my 
>>>> initial contour  (signed distance map) from a seed point using  
>>>> FastMarchingImageFilter. It is the output from this filter the one  
>>>> that has the "default" spacing (and I think that this new spacing 
>>>> is  carried to the end to the output image) and I can't find any 
>>>> method  to set the correct spacing.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lucas
>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 08:38 PM, Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>>>     Hi Lucas,
>>>>     Why are you setting the spacing on the ImageIO
>>>>     object instead of the image itself ?
>>>>     You should just carry the spacing through the
>>>>     pipeline. Does your input image has an invalid
>>>>     spacing ?
>>>>     An option in that case is to use the
>>>>     ChangeInformationImageFilter
>>>>      http://www.itk.org/Insight/Doxygen/html/ 
>>>> classitk_1_1ChangeInformationImageFilter.html
>>>>     This filter carries the data buffer of the
>>>>     input image to the output image, and allows
>>>>     you to alter the meta-data such as image
>>>>     origin and spacing.
>>>>     Please don't use this filter for processing
>>>>     images of human beings or any other living
>>>>     organisms, since chances are that you will
>>>>     make somebody operate in a liver instead of
>>>>     a lung.
>>>>     In the long term the right thing to do is
>>>>     to fix the source of your images which is
>>>>     where the real spacing information should
>>>>     be comming from.
>>>>     Regards,
>>>>     Luis
>>>>     ======================================
>>>>     -------------------
>>>>     Lucas Lorenzo wrote:
>>>>         Hi all,
>>>>         I'm trying to write an image to disk in vtk format.
>>>>         By default the spacing is set to 1 1 1. I'd like to change 
>>>> it  so
>>>>         I'm doing the following:
>>>>         /#include "itkVTKImageIO.h"
>>>>         int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
>>>>         {
>>>>         /* /* Typedefs of components. */*/
>>>>         const unsigned int ImageDimension = 2;
>>>>         typedef unsigned char BinaryPixelType;
>>>>         typedef itk::Image<BinaryPixelType,ImageDimension>  
>>>> BinaryImageType;
>>>>         /*// read the input image and get the spacing from it:*/
>>>>         typedef itk::VTKImageIO ImageIOType;
>>>>         ImageIOType::Pointer IO1 = ImageIOType::New();
>>>>         original_reader->SetImageIO(IO1);
>>>>         double dx,dy,dz;
>>>>         original_reader->Update();
>>>>         dx = IO1->GetSpacing(0);
>>>>         dy = IO1->GetSpacing(1);
>>>>         dz = IO1->GetSpacing(2);
>>>>         /*// here I'm omitting when I process the input image
>>>>         // write the image to a file but perviously set the spacing
>>>>         */
>>>>         binary_writer->SetFileName("out.vtk");
>>>>         binary_writer->SetInput(thresholder->GetOutput());
>>>>         ImageIOType::Pointer IO2 = ImageIOType::New();
>>>>         IO2->SetSpacing(0,dx);
>>>>         IO2->SetSpacing(1,dy);
>>>>         IO2->SetSpacing(2,dz);
>>>>         binary_writer->SetImageIO(IO2);
>>>>         try
>>>>         {
>>>>         binary_writer->Update();
>>>>         }
>>>>         catch( itk::ExceptionObject & exp )
>>>>         {
>>>>         std::cerr << "Exception caught ! binary image writer" <<  
>>>> std::endl;
>>>>         std::cerr << exp << std::endl;
>>>>         return -1;
>>>>         }
>>>>         return 0;
>>>>         }
>>>>         /
>>>>         When I execute this program I have a "segmentation fault" 
>>>> run
>>>>         time error.
>>>>         If I ommit the line setting the spacing in the z axis ("/
>>>>         IO2->SetSpacing(2,dz); /") the programs executes without
>>>>         crashing but the spacing is not really set, that is, in the
>>>>         header of the output vtk file (out.vtk) you can still see
>>>>         "SPACING 1 1 1.0" instead of "SPACING dx dy 1.0".
>>>>         Any clue of what am I doing wrong ?
>>>>         Thanks,
>>>>         Lucas Lorenzo
>>>>         University of Utah
>>>>         Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training  
>>>> Institute
>>>>         Fellows Room
>>>>         95 South 2000 East
>>>>         Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000
>>>>         e-mail: lucas at cvrti.utah.edu
>>>>         telephone: 801-587-9536
>>>>     _______________________________________________
>>>>     Insight-users mailing list
>>>>     Insight-users at itk.org
>>>>     http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-users
>>>> Lucas Lorenzo
>>>> University of Utah
>>>> Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute
>>>> Fellows Room
>>>> 95 South 2000 East
>>>> Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000
>>>> e-mail: lucas at cvrti.utah.edu
>>>> telephone: 801-587-9536
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Lucas Lorenzo
>> University of Utah
>> Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute
>> Fellows Room
>> 95 South 2000 East
>> Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000
>> e-mail:  lucas at cvrti.utah.edu
>> telephone: 801-587-9536
>> _______________________________________________
>> Insight-users mailing list
>> Insight-users at itk.org
>> http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-users
>
>
>
>
Lucas Lorenzo

University of Utah
Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute
Fellows Room
95 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000

e-mail:  lucas at cvrti.utah.edu
telephone: 801-587-9536

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Hi Luis and Lydia,


I've just checked out a CVS copy so I'm using the last version of
FastMarchingImageFilter.

When doing an Update on this filter I'm catching this exception:


<italic><fontfamily><param>Helvetica Neue</param>Exception caught !
fastMarching


itk::ExceptionObject (0x11021d0)

Location: "Unknown" 

File: /bin/ITK-1.6.0/include/InsightToolkit/Common/itkImageBase.txx

Line: 159

Description: itk::ERROR: Image(0x1101f00):
itk::ImageBase::CopyInformation() cannot cast PKN3itk10DataObjectE to
PN3itk9ImageBaseILj2EEE

</fontfamily></italic>


Could you please give me some feed back on this ?

Thanks,


Lucas

On Feb 19, 2004, at 12:05 AM, Luis Ibanez wrote:


<excerpt>

Hi Lucas,


The changes to the FastMarchingImageFilter have

been commited. The output image now uses the

spacing and origin of the input image.


Please let us know if you find any problem.



Thanks



   Luis



------------------------

Lucas Lorenzo wrote:


<excerpt>Hi Luis,

sorry for answering so late.

I've tried what you suggested but I have a run time error "Abort trap" 
when trying to apply the GetOutput() method to my 
FastMarchingImageFilter object.

Let me know if there are any other changes we could try.

Thanks,

Lucas

On Feb 11, 2004, at 5:58 AM, Luis Ibanez wrote:

<excerpt>

Hi Lucas,


Thanks for pointing this out.



Please try the following:


Edit the file:


  Insight/Code/Algorithms/

     itkFastMarchingImageFilter.txx


Go to to line :  150

and after the statement


<excerpt>  output->Allocate();

</excerpt>


add


   output->CopyInformation( this->GetInput() );


Then, go to line : 157

and after the statement



<excerpt>  m_LabelImage->Allocate();

</excerpt>



add


   m_LabelImage->CopyInformation( this->GetInput() );



This should copy the origin and spacing

of the input image into the output and

label images.



Then recompile your application and try

running it to see if the correct spacing

appears in the file.



Please let us know what you find, so we proceed

to do the same changes in the repository.




Thanks




     Luis




----------------------

Lucas Lorenzo wrote:


<excerpt>Hi Luis,

sorry for having such a mess in my code.

I'm using an application based on  ITK/Testing/Code/Algorithms/
itkGeodesicActiveContourShapePriorLevelSetImageFilterTest_2.cxx The 
spacing is being carried through the pipeline with no problem, except 
when arriving to the point when I have to generate my initial contour 
(signed distance map) from a seed point using 
FastMarchingImageFilter. It is the output from this filter the one 
that has the "default" spacing (and I think that this new spacing is 
carried to the end to the output image) and I can't find any method 
to set the correct spacing.

Thanks,

Lucas

On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 08:38 PM, Luis Ibanez wrote:

    Hi Lucas,

    Why are you setting the spacing on the ImageIO

    object instead of the image itself ?

    You should just carry the spacing through the

    pipeline. Does your input image has an invalid

    spacing ?

    An option in that case is to use the

    ChangeInformationImageFilter

     http://www.itk.org/Insight/Doxygen/html/
classitk_1_1ChangeInformationImageFilter.html

    This filter carries the data buffer of the

    input image to the output image, and allows

    you to alter the meta-data such as image

    origin and spacing.

    Please don't use this filter for processing

    images of human beings or any other living

    organisms, since chances are that you will

    make somebody operate in a liver instead of

    a lung.

    In the long term the right thing to do is

    to fix the source of your images which is

    where the real spacing information should

    be comming from.

    Regards,

    Luis

    ======================================

    -------------------

    Lucas Lorenzo wrote:

        Hi all,

        I'm trying to write an image to disk in vtk format.

        By default the spacing is set to 1 1 1. I'd like to change it 
so

        I'm doing the following:

        /#include "itkVTKImageIO.h"

        int main( int argc, char * argv[] )

        {

        /* /* Typedefs of components. */*/

        const unsigned int ImageDimension = 2;

        typedef unsigned char BinaryPixelType;

        typedef itk::Image<<BinaryPixelType,ImageDimension> 
BinaryImageType;

        /*// read the input image and get the spacing from it:*/

        typedef itk::VTKImageIO ImageIOType;

        ImageIOType::Pointer IO1 = ImageIOType::New();

        original_reader->SetImageIO(IO1);

        double dx,dy,dz;

        original_reader->Update();

        dx = IO1->GetSpacing(0);

        dy = IO1->GetSpacing(1);

        dz = IO1->GetSpacing(2);

        /*// here I'm omitting when I process the input image

        // write the image to a file but perviously set the spacing

        */

        binary_writer->SetFileName("out.vtk");

        binary_writer->SetInput(thresholder->GetOutput());

        ImageIOType::Pointer IO2 = ImageIOType::New();

        IO2->SetSpacing(0,dx);

        IO2->SetSpacing(1,dy);

        IO2->SetSpacing(2,dz);

        binary_writer->SetImageIO(IO2);

        try

        {

        binary_writer->Update();

        }

        catch( itk::ExceptionObject & exp )

        {

        std::cerr <<<< "Exception caught ! binary image writer" <<<< 
std::endl;

        std::cerr <<<< exp <<<< std::endl;

        return -1;

        }

        return 0;

        }

        /

        When I execute this program I have a "segmentation fault" run

        time error.

        If I ommit the line setting the spacing in the z axis ("/

        IO2->SetSpacing(2,dz); /") the programs executes without

        crashing but the spacing is not really set, that is, in the

        header of the output vtk file (out.vtk) you can still see

        "SPACING 1 1 1.0" instead of "SPACING dx dy 1.0".

        Any clue of what am I doing wrong ?

        Thanks,

        Lucas Lorenzo

        University of Utah

        Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training 
Institute

        Fellows Room

        95 South 2000 East

        Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000

        e-mail: lucas at cvrti.utah.edu

        telephone: 801-587-9536

    _______________________________________________

    Insight-users mailing list

    Insight-users at itk.org

    http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-users

Lucas Lorenzo

University of Utah

Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute

Fellows Room

95 South 2000 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000

e-mail: lucas at cvrti.utah.edu

telephone: 801-587-9536

</excerpt>





</excerpt>Lucas Lorenzo

University of Utah

Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute

Fellows Room

95 South 2000 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000

e-mail:  lucas at cvrti.utah.edu

telephone: 801-587-9536

_______________________________________________

Insight-users mailing list

Insight-users at itk.org

http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-users

</excerpt>




</excerpt>Lucas Lorenzo


University of Utah

Nora Eccles Harrison CardioVascular Research and Training Institute

Fellows Room

95 South 2000 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000


e-mail:  lucas at cvrti.utah.edu

telephone: 801-587-9536


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