[vtkusers] VTKImageActor->SetZSlice (z) fails to update

[Dr. Philip Julian Broser]

Dear VTK Users,

I am still struggling with updating the zslice in the vtkImageActor


I am visualising 3D Volume Data (tiff) using an vtkImageActor:

vtkImageData *FaImage = (correctly loaded 3d volume data, see down  
below)

vtkImageActor *ImageActor = vtkImageActor::New();
ImageActor->SetInput (FaImage);
ImageActor->SetZSlice (2);

The visualisation of the first Zslice works very well.

However my program visualizes 3D Volume MRI data and overlays it with  
vtk meshes of brain structures i.e. the thalmus.
To check that the structure in the vtk mesh was correctly segmented  
and localized I want to look at single z planes.
In order to be able to select different planes I have written a simple  
Event Class.
With every click of the mouse the image plane should shift by one  
pixel in z.
The first plane is always well visualised and the actor seems to be  
correctly initiated
but the plane is not updated when a event occurs even so the command  
SetZSlice is called with the new z value.

Does any body have an idea why the image actor is not updated?

Kind regards

Phil


class myEventClass : public vtkCommand
{
	


	virtual void Execute	( 	vtkObject * 	caller, unsigned long 	eventId,  
void * 	callData) 	
	{
	int max=ImageActor->GetWholeZMax	( );
	int min=ImageActor->GetWholeZMin	( );


	if (dir==0)
	{
	z=z+1;
	if (z>max ) {z=max;dir=1;}
	}
	else
	{
	z=z-1;
	if (z<min) {z=min;dir=0;}
	};
	
		
	ImageActor->SetZSlice (z);
	
		
	cout << "Current z Slice:" << z << endl;
	};
	
	public:
	myEventClass() {
	z=0;
	dir=0;
	}	
	
	void SetImageActor(vtkImageActor *iA) {ImageActor=iA;};
	
	
private:
	vtkImageActor *ImageActor;
	int z;
	int dir;
};


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