[vtkusers] vtkImageReslice and SetSlabNumberOfSlices(int)

[Marco Sambin]

Hi all,

with reference to this old question of mine (see below), I would like a
clarification:

suppose that the output z-spacing is set to 1 mm on my vtkImageReslice
instance. Also, suppose that I call SetSlabNumberOfSlices(2) on my reslicer.
Where will the 2 slices used to compute the slab image be located w.r.t.
the position of my reslice plane? Will the first slice be 0.5 mm "above"
and the second slice be 0.5 mm "below" my reslice plane? In other words,
will the slices always be "centered" w.r.t. the position of my reslice
plane?

Maybe this is a silly question, but I like to exactly understand this point.

Thanks in advance for the clarification.
Regards,

Marco


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Marco Sambin <m.sambin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
> I will test this soon.
> Regards,
>
> Marco
>  Il giorno 25/mar/2013 14:24, "David Gobbi" <david.gobbi at gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> The way it works is this: vtkImageReslice is creating the slab by
>> extracting N samples and combining them, where the distance between
>> the samples is set by the third argument to SetOutputSpacing().  If
>> the SlabNumberOfSlices is N, then the slab thickness is
>> (N-1)*spacing[2] where spacing[2] is the z-spacing set with
>> SetOutputSpacing(spacing[0],spacing[1],spacing[2]).
>>
>> Summary: thickness = (N - 1)*spacing[2]
>>
>> Slab mode is equivalent to extracting N slices and combining them.
>>
>>  - David
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Marco Sambin <m.sambin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all.
>> > I am looking at implementing thick reformats through vtkImageReslice.
>> >
>> > Even after looking at the documentation, I did not fully understand the
>> > SetSlabNumberOfSlices(int) method. For instance, in cases of an oblique
>> > reformat, what is considered to be a "slice"? What defines the
>> "thickness"
>> > of a single slice, thus determining the total slab thickness resulting
>> from
>> > calling SetSlabNumberOfSlices(X)?
>> >
>> > I was expecting a call like SetSlabThickness(...), rather than
>> > SetSlabNumberOfSlices(...).
>> >
>> > I would appreciate any comment on this.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Marco
>>
>
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