[vtkusers] Creating new vtkImageSources

[Glen Lehmann]

Hi John,

You can give Jeremy Gill's VFF Reader a try.  It's part of the 
vtkMultiIO package located at microview.sourceforge.net.

Glen

Dubois, John R (MED) wrote:

>Thanks.
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>I am reading in a VFF file - which creates a simple contiguous block of
>single value (i.e. short int) pixels. However, the data does not appear
>to be laid out correctly for the vtmImageImport object. The structure
>appears to be the same as in this example.
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>I will try permuting the dimensions....
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mathieu Malaterre [mailto:Mathieu.Malaterre at creatis.insa-lyon.fr]
>Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:24 AM
>To: Dubois, John R (MED)
>Cc: VTK Mailing List (E-mail)
>Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Creating new vtkImageSources
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>http://vtk.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/VTK/Imaging/Testing/Cxx/Imp
>ortExport.cxx
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>Dubois, John R (MED) wrote:
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>>OK, since I already have an array of data, I probably want an Importer
>>anyway. Know of any good importer examples?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Glen Lehmann [mailto:glehmann at imaging.robarts.ca]
>>Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:10 PM
>>To: Dubois, John R (MED)
>>Cc: VTK Mailing List (E-mail)
>>Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Creating new vtkImageSources
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>>Hi John,
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>>A how to guide for this does not exist.  There are a few examples in
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>the
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>>VTK tree (vtkGESignaReader, vtkDICOMImageReader).  There are python 
>>readers for MINC and DICOM files in the atamai (www.atamai.com)
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>software
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>>as well as various other readers written in python for GE's microview 
>>(www.microview.sourceforge.net).  I'm sure there are many more out
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>there
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>>and all of them would be a starting point for deveoping your own
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>reader.
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>>An importer (ie vtkImageImport) takes an array of data in C or a
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>string 
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>>of numbers in python and converts it into vtkImageData.  Many of the 
>>python readers use this method.  And of course a reader reads
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>different 
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>>file formats into vtkImageData (or some form of structured grid, etc
>>...).
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>>Cheers,
>>Glen
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>>Dubois, John R (MED) wrote:
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>>>I am trying to create a new image reader. I have looked through all 
>>>the documentation I can find in the User's Guide, on line, and in the 
>>>examples and found it all pretty much useless. Is there anywhere I can
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>>>find a "how to" guide for building my own image readers? What's the 
>>>difference between an "importer" and a "reader"?
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>>>/GE Medical Systems/
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>*
>>>John Dubois
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>>>*
>>>Software Programmer
>>>
>>>Functional and Molecular Imaging
>>>Phone: 519-858-5009
>>>E-mail: John.Dubois at med.ge.com 
>>><mailto:John.Dubois at med.ge.com?subject=e-mail%20reply>
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