[Insight-users] Convert a set of 2D images to 3D

Luis Roberto P. Paula luisrpp at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 16:59:49 EDT 2009


Thanks everyone!! I'm gonna try your suggestions.

Regards,
Luis

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Bradley Lowekamp <blowekamp at mail.nih.gov>wrote:

> There is also the JoinSeriesImageFilter. Here is how I have used it before:
>
>   typedef itk::JoinSeriesImageFilter<InputImageType, InputVolumeType>
> JoinSeriesFilterType;
>   JoinSeriesFilterType::Pointer joinSeries = JoinSeriesFilterType::New();
>   joinSeries->SetOrigin(inputOrigin[2]);
>   joinSeries->SetSpacing(inputSpacing[2]);
>
>   for (unsigned int z = 0; z < sliceTransforms.size(); ++z) {
>
>
>     typedef itk::ExtractImageFilter<InputVolumeType, InputImageType>
> SlicerExtractorType;
>     SlicerExtractorType::Pointer sliceImageExtractor =
> SlicerExtractorType::New();
>     SlicerExtractorType::InputImageRegionType
> sliceSubRegion(inputVolume->GetLargestPossibleRegion());
>     sliceSubRegion.SetSize(2, 0);
>     sliceSubRegion.SetIndex(2, z);
>     sliceImageExtractor->SetExtractionRegion(sliceSubRegion);
>     sliceImageExtractor->SetInput(inputVolume);
>     sliceImageExtractor->Update();
>
>     ... resampling of the slices...
>
>     joinSeries->PushBackInput(resample->GetOutput());
>   }
>
>   joinSeries->Update();
>
>
> Hopefully one of the suggestions will work well for you.
>
> Brad
>
> On Apr 29, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>
> Or you could use itkTileImageFilter. Note the last sentence in the
> documentation.
>
> /** \class TileImageFilter
> * \brief Tile multiple input images into a single output image.
> *
> * This filter will tile multiple images using a user-specified
> * layout. The tile sizes will be large enough to accommodate the
> * largest image for each tile. The layout is specified with the
> * SetLayout method. The layout has the same dimension as the output
> * image. If all entries of the layout are positive, the tiled output
> * will contain the exact number of tiles. If the layout contains a 0
> * in the last dimension, the filter will compute a size that will
> * accommodate all of the images. Empty tiles are filled with the
> * value specified with the SetDefault value method. The input images
> * must have a dimension less than or equal to the output image. The
> * output image have a larger dimension than the input images. This
> * filter can be used to create a volume from a series of inputs by
> * specifying a layout of 1,1,0.
> */
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Luis,
>
>
> It is a bit more complicated than that.
>
>
> You will need to put the filter in a for loop,
>
> where you iterate over all the slices.
>
>
> Inside the loop you take the output of the
>
> PasteImageFilter and reconnect it as a new
>
> input.
>
>
>
> In Pseudo code it will look something like:
>
>
>      ImageType::Pointer wholeImage;
>
>
>      for-loop
>
>      {
>
>      pasteFilter->SetInput1( wholeImage );
>
>      pasteFilter->SetInput2( slice_i );
>
>      pasteFilter->Update();
>
>      wholeImage = pasterFilter->GetOutupt();
>
>      wholeImage->DisconnectPipeline();
>
>      }
>
>
>
>
>   Regards,
>
>
>
>      Luis
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------
>
> Luis Roberto P. Paula wrote:
>
>
> After that, all I need to do is to call the SetInput for each slice and,
>
> at the end, call the Update method?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luis
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com
>
> <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>>> wrote:
>
>
>
>    Hi Luis,
>
>
>    You should instantiate the Paste filter in 3D.
>
>
>    Since you are going to paste 2D slices into a 3D image,
>
>    you need to set up the filter in such a way that a 2D
>
>    image is seen as a 3D image of a single slice.
>
>
>
>
>      Regards,
>
>
>
>          Luis
>
>
>
>    -----------------------------
>
>    Luis Roberto P. Paula wrote:
>
>
>        Hi Luis,
>
>
>        I'm a little confused on how to use the itkPasteImageFilter.
>
>
>        At first, I created the typedef:
>
>
>        typedef itk::PasteImageFilter< ImageType2D > PasteFilter2D;
>
>
>
>        Then:
>
>
>          PasteFilter2D::Pointer paste2D = PasteFilter2D::New();
>
>
>          // I'm lost in this part
>
>
>          for (int i; i < VECTOR_SIZE; i++) {
>
>             paste2D->SetInput( IMAGE2D_VECTOR[i] );
>
>          }
>
>
>        How do I make the output of the paste2D be a 3D image?
>
>
>        Do I need to set to the destination image a 3D blank image?
>
>
>        The destination index affects the output?
>
>
>        I thought it would work like the add method of the std:vector
>
>        class with an output as a 3D image, but it seems that it can
>
>        return an image with the same dimension.
>
>
>        Thanks,
>
>        Luis
>
>
>        On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Luis Ibanez
>
>        <luis.ibanez at kitware.com <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com<luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
> >
>
>        <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>
>        <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>>>> wrote:
>
>
>
>           Hi Luis,
>
>
>           Yes,
>
>           the same should work for pasting 3D images into to 4D images.
>
>
>
>
>             Regards,
>
>
>
>                Luis
>
>
>
>           ---------------------------
>
>           Luis Roberto P. Paula wrote:
>
>
>               Thanks Luis!! This is a much better approach
>
>        (itkPasteImageFilter).
>
>
>               I guess it works the same way from 3D to 4D, right?
>
>
>               Regards,
>
>               Luis
>
>
>               On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Luis Ibanez
>
>               <luis.ibanez at kitware.com <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com<luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
> >
>
>        <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> <
> mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>>>
>
>               <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>
>        <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>>
>
>               <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>
>        <mailto:luis.ibanez at kitware.com <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>>>>>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>                  Hi Luis,
>
>
>                  If your images are in individual 2D files, then
>
>                  you could simply use the ImageSeriesReader.
>
>
>                  If your images are in an array of 2D images in
>
>                  memory, then you may want to use the Paste
>
>                  filter:
>
>
>
> http://itk.org/Doxygen/html/itkPasteImageFilter_8h.html
>
>
>                  You will have to call it multiple times...
>
>                  once per input slice.
>
>
>
>                     Regards,
>
>
>
>                         Luis
>
>
>
>                  ---------------------------
>
>
>                  Luis Roberto P. Paula wrote:
>
>
>                      Hi All,
>
>
>                      I have a set of 2D images in axial orientation and
>
>        I want to
>
>                      create a 3D volume with this images.
>
>
>                      It would be de reverse operation of the class
>
>               ExtractImageFilter.
>
>
>                      Does anybody knows how to do it?
>
>
>                      Thanks in advance,
>
>                      Luis
>
>
>
>
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