CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter.cxx

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//  Software Guide : BeginCommandLineArgs
//    INPUTS:  {BrainProtonDensitySlice.png}
//    INPUTS:  {ThresholdSegmentationLevelSetImageFilterVentricle.png}
//    OUTPUTS: {CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterVentricle1.png}
//    ARGUMENTS:    7.0 0.1 10.0 127.5 15
//  Software Guide : EndCommandLineArgs

// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// \index{itk::Canny\-Segmentation\-LevelSet\-Image\-Filter}
//
// The \doxygen{CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter} defines a speed term
// that minimizes distance to the Canny edges in an image.  The initial
// level set model moves through a gradient advection field until it locks
// onto those edges.  This filter is more suitable for refining existing
// segmentations than as a region-growing algorithm.
//
// The two terms defined for the CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter
// are the advection term and the propagation term from
// Equation~\ref{eqn:LevelSetEquation}.  The advection term is constructed by
// minimizing the squared distance transform from the Canny edges.
//
// \begin{equation}
// \label{eqn:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterAdvection}
// \mbox{min} \int D^2 \Rightarrow D \nabla D
// \end{equation}
//
// where the distance transform $D$ is calculated using a
// \doxygen{DanielssonDistanceMapImageFilter} applied to the output of the
// \doxygen{CannyEdgeDetectionImageFilter}.
//
// For cases in which some surface expansion is to be allowed, a non-zero
// value may be set for the propagation term.  The propagation term is simply
// $D$.  As with all ITK level set segmentation filters, the curvature term
// controls the smoothness of the surface.
//
// CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter expects two inputs.  The first is an
// initial level set in the form of an \doxygen{Image}. The second input is
// the feature image $g$ from which propagation and advection terms are
// calculated.  It is generally a good idea to do some preprocessing of the
// feature image to remove noise.
//
// Figure~\ref{fig:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterDiagram} shows how the
// image processing pipeline is constructed.  We read two images: the image to
// segment and the image that contains the initial implicit surface.  The goal
// is to refine the initial model from the second input and not to grow a new
// segmentation from seed points. The \code{feature} image is preprocessed
// with a few iterations of an anisotropic diffusion filter.
//
// \begin{figure} \center
// \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterCollaborationDiagram1}
// \itkcaption[CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter collaboration
// diagram]{Collaboration diagram for the CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter
// applied to a segmentation task.}
// \label{fig:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterDiagram}
// \end{figure}
//
// Let's start by including the appropriate header file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex


#include "itkImage.h"

// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkCannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter.h"
#include "itkGradientAnisotropicDiffusionImageFilter.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

#include "itkFastMarchingImageFilter.h"
#include "itkBinaryThresholdImageFilter.h"
#include "itkImageFileReader.h"
#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"
#include "itkZeroCrossingImageFilter.h"

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
  if( argc < 9 )
    {
    std::cerr << "Missing Parameters " << std::endl;
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0];
    std::cerr << " InputImage  InitialModel OutputImage";
    std::cerr << " CannyThreshold ";
    std::cerr << " CannyVariance ";
    std::cerr << " AdvectionWeight";
    std::cerr << " InitialModelIsovalue";
    std::cerr << " MaximumIterations";
    std::cerr << " [OutputSpeedImage]" << std::endl;
    return 1;
    }

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  We define the image type using a particular pixel type and
  //  dimension. In this case we will use 2D \code{float} images.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef   float           InternalPixelType;
  const     unsigned int    Dimension = 2;
  typedef itk::Image< InternalPixelType, Dimension >  InternalImageType;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  typedef unsigned char                            OutputPixelType;
  typedef itk::Image< OutputPixelType, Dimension > OutputImageType;
  typedef itk::BinaryThresholdImageFilter<
                        InternalImageType,
                        OutputImageType    >       ThresholdingFilterType;

  ThresholdingFilterType::Pointer thresholder = ThresholdingFilterType::New();

  thresholder->SetUpperThreshold( 10.0 );
  thresholder->SetLowerThreshold( 0.0 );

  thresholder->SetOutsideValue(  0  );
  thresholder->SetInsideValue(  255 );

  typedef  itk::ImageFileReader< InternalImageType > ReaderType;
  typedef  itk::ImageFileWriter<  OutputImageType  > WriterType;

  ReaderType::Pointer reader1 = ReaderType::New();
  ReaderType::Pointer reader2 = ReaderType::New();
  WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();

  reader1->SetFileName( argv[1] );
  reader2->SetFileName( argv[2] );
  writer->SetFileName(  argv[3] );

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  The input image will be processed with a few iterations of
  //  feature-preserving diffusion.  We create a filter and set the
  //  appropriate parameters.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::GradientAnisotropicDiffusionImageFilter< InternalImageType,
    InternalImageType> DiffusionFilterType;
  DiffusionFilterType::Pointer diffusion = DiffusionFilterType::New();
  diffusion->SetNumberOfIterations(5);
  diffusion->SetTimeStep(0.125);
  diffusion->SetConductanceParameter(1.0);
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  The following lines define and instantiate a
  //  CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef  itk::CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter< InternalImageType,
                InternalImageType > CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterType;
  CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterType::Pointer cannySegmentation =
                CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterType::New();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // As with the other ITK level set segmentation filters, the terms of the
  // CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter level set equation can be
  // weighted by scalars.  For this application we will modify the relative
  // weight of the advection term.  The propagation and curvature term weights
  // are set to their defaults of $0$ and $1$, respectively.
  //
  //  \index{itk::Canny\-Segmentation\-LevelSet\-Image\-Filter!SetAdvectionScaling()}
  //  \index{itk::Segmentation\-LevelSet\-ImageFilter!SetAdvectionScaling()}
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  //  Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  cannySegmentation->SetAdvectionScaling( ::atof(argv[6]) );
  cannySegmentation->SetCurvatureScaling( 1.0 );
  cannySegmentation->SetPropagationScaling( 0.0 );
  //  Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  The maximum number of iterations is specified from the command line.
  //  It may not be desirable in some applications to run the filter to
  //  convergence.  Only a few iterations may be required.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  cannySegmentation->SetMaximumRMSError( 0.01 );
  cannySegmentation->SetNumberOfIterations( ::atoi(argv[8]) );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  There are two important parameters in the
  //  CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter to control the behavior of the
  //  Canny edge detection.  The \emph{variance} parameter controls the
  //  amount of Gaussian smoothing on the input image.  The \emph{threshold}
  //  parameter indicates the lowest allowed value in the output image.
  //  Thresholding is used to suppress Canny edges whose gradient magnitudes
  //  fall below a certain value.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  cannySegmentation->SetThreshold( ::atof(argv[4]) );
  cannySegmentation->SetVariance(  ::atof(argv[5]) );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Finally, it is very important to specify the isovalue of the surface in
  // the initial model input image. In a binary image, for example, the
  // isosurface is found midway between the foreground and background values.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  cannySegmentation->SetIsoSurfaceValue( ::atof(argv[7]) );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  The filters are now connected in a pipeline indicated in
  //  Figure~\ref{fig:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterDiagram}.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  diffusion->SetInput( reader1->GetOutput() );
  cannySegmentation->SetInput( reader2->GetOutput() );
  cannySegmentation->SetFeatureImage( diffusion->GetOutput() );
  thresholder->SetInput( cannySegmentation->GetOutput() );
  writer->SetInput( thresholder->GetOutput() );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  Invoking the \code{Update()} method on the writer triggers the
  //  execution of the pipeline.  As usual, the call is placed in a
  //  \code{try/catch} block to handle any exceptions that may be thrown.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  try
    {
    writer->Update();
    }
  catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excep )
    {
    std::cerr << "Exception caught !" << std::endl;
    std::cerr << excep << std::endl;
    }
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Print out some useful information
  std::cout << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Max. no. iterations: " << cannySegmentation->GetNumberOfIterations() << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Max. RMS error: " << cannySegmentation->GetMaximumRMSError() << std::endl;
  std::cout << std::endl;
  std::cout << "No. elpased iterations: " << cannySegmentation->GetElapsedIterations() << std::endl;
  std::cout << "RMS change: " << cannySegmentation->GetRMSChange() << std::endl;

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  We can use this filter to make some subtle refinements to the ventricle
  //  segmentation from the previous example that used the
  //  \doxygen{ThresholdSegmentationLevelSetImageFilter}.  The application
  //  was run using \code{Examples/Data/BrainProtonDensitySlice.png} and
  //  \code{Examples/Data/VentricleModel.png} as inputs, a \code{threshold}
  //  of $7.0$, \code{variance} of $0.1$, \code{advection weight} of $10.0$,
  //  and an initial isosurface value of $127.5$.  One case was run for $15$
  //  iterations and the second was run to convergence.  Compare the results
  //  in the two rightmost images of
  //  Figure~\ref{fig:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter} with the
  //  ventricle segmentation from
  //  Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdSegmentationLevelSetImageFilter} shown in the
  //  middle.  Jagged edges are straightened and the small spur at the upper
  //  right-hand side of the mask has been removed.
  //
  //  \begin{figure}
  //  \includegraphics[width=0.24\textwidth]{BrainProtonDensitySlice}
  //  \includegraphics[width=0.24\textwidth]{ThresholdSegmentationLevelSetImageFilterVentricle}
  //  \includegraphics[width=0.24\textwidth]{CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterVentricle1}
  //  \includegraphics[width=0.24\textwidth]{CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterVentricle2}
  //  \itkcaption[Segmentation results of CannyLevelSetImageFilter]{Results of
  //  applying the CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter to a prior ventricle
  //  segmentation.  Shown from left to right are the original image, the
  //  prior segmentation of the ventricle from
  //  Figure~\ref{fig:ThresholdSegmentationLevelSetImageFilter}, $15$ iterations of
  //  the CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter, and the
  //  CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter run to convergence.}
  //  \label{fig:CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilter}
  //  \end{figure}
  //
  //  The free parameters of this filter can be adjusted to achieve a wide
  //  range of shape variations from the original model.  Finding the right
  //  parameters for your particular application is usually a process of
  //  trial and error.  As with most ITK level set segmentation filters,
  //  examining the propagation (speed) and advection images can help the
  //  process of tuning parameters.  These images are available using
  //  \code{Set/Get} methods from the filter after it has been updated.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  if( argc > 9 )
    {
    const char * speedImageFileName = argv[9];

    //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
    //
    // In some cases it is interesting to take a direct look at the speed image
    // used internally by this filter. This may help for setting the correct
    // parameters for driving the segmentation. In order to obtain such speed
    // image, the method \code{GenerateSpeedImage()} should be invoked first.
    // Then we can recover the speed image with the \code{GetSpeedImage()} method
    // as illustrated in the following lines.
    //
    //  \index{itk::Canny\-Segmentation\-LevelSet\-Image\-Filter!GenerateSpeedImage()}
    //  \index{itk::Segmentation\-LevelSet\-ImageFilter!GenerateSpeedImage()}
    //  \index{itk::Canny\-Segmentation\-LevelSet\-Image\-Filter!GetSpeedImage()}
    //  \index{itk::Segmentation\-LevelSet\-ImageFilter!GetSpeedImage()}
    //
    //  Software Guide : EndLatex

    //  Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
    cannySegmentation->GenerateSpeedImage();

    typedef CannySegmentationLevelSetImageFilterType::SpeedImageType
                                                             SpeedImageType;
    typedef itk::ImageFileWriter<SpeedImageType>             SpeedWriterType;
    SpeedWriterType::Pointer speedWriter = SpeedWriterType::New();

    speedWriter->SetInput( cannySegmentation->GetSpeedImage() );
    //  Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet


    speedWriter->SetFileName( speedImageFileName );

    try
      {
      speedWriter->Update();
      }
    catch( itk::ExceptionObject & excep )
      {
      std::cerr << "Exception caught ! while writing the speed image" << std::endl;
      std::cerr << "Filename : " << speedImageFileName << std::endl;
      std::cerr << excep << std::endl;
      }

    }

  return 0;
}