VTK/Examples/Cxx/Medical/GenerateModelsFromLabels

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Create models from labeled volume data

This example creates polydata models from a 3D volume that contains discrete labels. These volume are normally the output of a segmentation algorithm. The polydata for each label will be output into a separate file. If you want to see the segmentation results as cube models, see the example Create cubes from labeled volume data. The input volume must be in META format.

Once you generate the models, you can view them with Paraview

GenerateModelsFromLabels.cxx

//
// GenerateModelsFromLabels
//   Usage: GenerateModelsFromLabels InputVolume Startlabel Endlabel
//          where
//          InputVolume is a meta file containing a 3 volume of
//            discrete labels.
//          StartLabel is the first label to be processed
//          EndLabel is the last label to be processed
//          NOTE: There can be gaps in the labeling. If a label does
//          not exist in the volume, it will be skipped.
//      
//
#include <vtkMetaImageReader.h>
#include <vtkImageAccumulate.h>
#include <vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes.h>
#include <vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter.h>
#include <vtkMaskFields.h>
#include <vtkThreshold.h>
#include <vtkGeometryFilter.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
 
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtksys/ios/sstream>
 
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if (argc < 4)
    {
    cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " InputVolume StartLabel EndLabel" << endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
  // Create all of the classes we will need
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader> reader =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAccumulate> histogram =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAccumulate>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes> discreteCubes =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter> smoother =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold> selector =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkMaskFields> scalarsOff =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkMaskFields>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter> geometry =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();
 
  // Define all of the variables
  unsigned int startLabel = atoi(argv[2]);
  unsigned int endLabel = atoi(argv[3]);
  std::string filePrefix = "Label";
  unsigned int smoothingIterations = 15;
  double passBand = 0.001;
  double featureAngle = 120.0;
 
  // Generate models from labels
  // 1) Read the meta file
  // 2) Generate a histogram of the labels
  // 3) Generate models from the labeled volume
  // 4) Smooth the models
  // 5) Output each model into a separate file
 
  reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
 
  histogram->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  histogram->SetComponentExtent(0, endLabel, 0, 0, 0, 0);
  histogram->SetComponentOrigin(0, 0, 0);
  histogram->SetComponentSpacing(1, 1, 1);
  histogram->Update();
 
  discreteCubes->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  discreteCubes->GenerateValues(
    endLabel - startLabel + 1, startLabel, endLabel);
 
  smoother->SetInputConnection(discreteCubes->GetOutputPort());
  smoother->SetNumberOfIterations(smoothingIterations);
  smoother->BoundarySmoothingOff();
  smoother->FeatureEdgeSmoothingOff();
  smoother->SetFeatureAngle(featureAngle);
  smoother->SetPassBand(passBand);
  smoother->NonManifoldSmoothingOn();
  smoother->NormalizeCoordinatesOn();
  smoother->Update();
 
  selector->SetInputConnection(smoother->GetOutputPort());
  selector->SetInputArrayToProcess(0, 0, 0,
                                   vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_CELLS,
                                   vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);
 
  // Strip the scalars from the output
  scalarsOff->SetInputConnection(selector->GetOutputPort());
  scalarsOff->CopyAttributeOff(vtkMaskFields::POINT_DATA,
                               vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);
  scalarsOff->CopyAttributeOff(vtkMaskFields::CELL_DATA,
                               vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);
 
  geometry->SetInputConnection(scalarsOff->GetOutputPort());
 
  writer->SetInputConnection(geometry->GetOutputPort());
 
  for (unsigned int i = startLabel; i <= endLabel; i++)
    {
    // see if the label exists, if not skip it
    double frequency =
      histogram->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars()->GetTuple1(i);
    if (frequency == 0.0)
      {
      continue;
      }
 
    // select the cells for a given label
    selector->ThresholdBetween(i, i);
 
    // output the polydata
    vtksys_stl::stringstream ss;
    ss << filePrefix << i << ".vtp";
    cout << argv[0] << " writing " << ss.str() << endl;
 
    writer->SetFileName(ss.str().c_str());
    writer->Write();
 
    }
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

PROJECT(GenerateModelsFromLabels)
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 
FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED)
INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})
 
ADD_EXECUTABLE(GenerateModelsFromLabels GenerateModelsFromLabels.cxx)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(GenerateModelsFromLabels vtkHybrid)
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