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HistogramBarChart

vtk-examples/Cxx/Plotting/HistogramBarChart


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HistogramBarChart.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkBarChartActor.h>
#include <vtkFieldData.h>
#include <vtkImageAccumulate.h>
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkImageExtractComponents.h>
#include <vtkImageReader2.h>
#include <vtkImageReader2Factory.h>
#include <vtkIntArray.h>
#include <vtkLegendBoxActor.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkProperty2D.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkStdString.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // Handle the arguments
  if (argc < 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Required arguments: filename [optional ignore zero:] <y/n> "
                 "e.g. Pileated.jpg"
              << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  int ignoreZero = 0;
  if (argc == 3)
  {
    vtkStdString ignore = argv[2];
    std::cout << ignore << std::endl;
    if (ignore == "y" || ignore == "Y")
    {
      ignoreZero = 1;
    }
  }

  // Read an image
  vtkNew<vtkImageReader2Factory> readerFactory;
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2> reader;
  reader.TakeReference(readerFactory->CreateImageReader2(argv[1]));
  reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
  reader->Update();

  int numComponents = reader->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfScalarComponents();
  std::cout << "Number of components: " << numComponents << std::endl;
  if (numComponents > 3)
  {
    std::cout << "Error: cannot process an image with " << numComponents
              << " components!" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  double colors[3][3] = {{1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}};

  // const char* labels[3] = {
  //  "Red", "Green", "Blue" };

  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> redFrequencies;
  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> greenFrequencies;
  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> blueFrequencies;

  // Process the image, extracting and barChartting a histogram for each
  // component.
  for (int i = 0; i < numComponents; ++i)
  {
    vtkNew<vtkImageExtractComponents> extract;
    extract->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
    extract->SetComponents(i);
    extract->Update();

    vtkNew<vtkImageAccumulate> histogram;
    histogram->SetInputConnection(extract->GetOutputPort());
    histogram->SetComponentExtent(1, 55, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    histogram->SetComponentOrigin(0, 0, 0);
    histogram->SetComponentSpacing(1, 0, 0);
    histogram->SetIgnoreZero(ignoreZero);
    histogram->Update();

    vtkIntArray* currentArray = 0;
    if (i == 0)
    {
      currentArray = redFrequencies;
    }
    else if (i == 1)
    {
      currentArray = greenFrequencies;
    }
    else
    {
      currentArray = blueFrequencies;
    }

    currentArray->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
    currentArray->SetNumberOfTuples(54);

    vtkIdType* output =
        static_cast<vtkIdType*>(histogram->GetOutput()->GetScalarPointer());

    for (int j = 0; j < 54; ++j)
    {
      currentArray->SetTuple1(j, *output++);
    }
  }

  vtkNew<vtkDataObject> dataObject;

  if (numComponents == 1)
  {
    dataObject->GetFieldData()->AddArray(redFrequencies);
  }
  else
  {
    vtkIntArray* rgb[3] = {0, 0, 0};
    vtkNew<vtkIntArray> allFrequencies;
    allFrequencies->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
    if (numComponents == 2)
    {
      rgb[0] = redFrequencies;
      rgb[1] = greenFrequencies;
    }
    else
    {
      rgb[0] = redFrequencies;
      rgb[1] = greenFrequencies;
      rgb[2] = blueFrequencies;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < 54; ++i)
    {
      for (int j = 0; j < numComponents; ++j)
      {
        allFrequencies->InsertNextTuple1(rgb[j]->GetTuple1(i));
      }
    }

    dataObject->GetFieldData()->AddArray(allFrequencies);
  }

  // Create a vtkBarChartActor.
  vtkNew<vtkBarChartActor> barChart;

  // BUG 1: If input is not set first, the x-axis of the bar chart will be too
  // long.
  //
  barChart->SetInput(dataObject);
  barChart->SetTitle("Histogram");
  barChart->GetPositionCoordinate()->SetValue(0.05, 0.05, 0.0);
  barChart->GetPosition2Coordinate()->SetValue(0.95, 0.85, 0.0);
  barChart->GetProperty()->SetColor(1, 1, 1);

  // BUG 2: If the number of entries is not set to the number of data array
  // tuples, the bar chart actor will crash. The crash occurs whether the legend
  // and or labels are visible or not.

  barChart->GetLegendActor()->SetNumberOfEntries(
      dataObject->GetFieldData()->GetArray(0)->GetNumberOfTuples());
  barChart->LegendVisibilityOff();
  barChart->LabelVisibilityOff();

  // BUG 3: the y-axis labels do not accurately reflect the range of data.

  int count = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < 54; ++i)
  {
    for (int j = 0; j < numComponents; ++j)
    {
      barChart->SetBarColor(count++, colors[j]);
    }
  }

  // Visualize the histogram(s)
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> namedColors;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  renderer->AddActor(barChart);
  renderer->SetBackground(namedColors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetSize(640, 480);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("HistogramBarChart");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor;
  interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderWindow->Render();
  // Initialize the event loop and then start it.
  interactor->Initialize();
  interactor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(HistogramBarChart)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  IOImage
  ImagingCore
  ImagingStatistics
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingAnnotation
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "HistogramBarChart: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(HistogramBarChart MACOSX_BUNDLE HistogramBarChart.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(HistogramBarChart PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS HistogramBarChart
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build HistogramBarChart

Click here to download HistogramBarChart and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball HistogramBarChart.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd HistogramBarChart/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./HistogramBarChart

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.