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HeadSlice

vtk-examples/Cxx/VisualizationAlgorithms/HeadSlice


Description

This example generates contours on one CT slice through the head,

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Code

HeadSlice.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkContourFilter.h>
#include <vtkExtractVOI.h>
#include <vtkMetaImageReader.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkOutlineFilter.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  if (argc < 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " FullHead.mhd" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  // Create the RenderWindow, Renderer and both Actors
  //
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> ren1;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
  renWin->AddRenderer(ren1);

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

  // create pipeline
  //

  vtkNew<vtkMetaImageReader> reader;
  reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
  reader->Update();

  vtkNew<vtkExtractVOI> extractVOI;
  extractVOI->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  extractVOI->SetVOI(0, 255, 0, 255, 45, 45);

  vtkNew<vtkContourFilter> iso;
  iso->SetInputConnection(extractVOI->GetOutputPort());
  iso->GenerateValues(12, 500, 1150);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> isoMapper;
  isoMapper->SetInputConnection(iso->GetOutputPort());
  isoMapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();

  vtkNew<vtkActor> isoActor;
  isoActor->SetMapper(isoMapper);
  isoActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Wheat").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkOutlineFilter> outline;
  outline->SetInputConnection(extractVOI->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> outlineMapper;
  outlineMapper->SetInputConnection(outline->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> outlineActor;
  outlineActor->SetMapper(outlineMapper);

  // Add the actors to the renderer, set the background and size
  //
  ren1->AddActor(outlineActor);
  ren1->AddActor(isoActor);
  ren1->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());
  ren1->ResetCamera();
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Dolly(1.5);
  ren1->ResetCameraClippingRange();

  renWin->SetSize(640, 640);
  renWin->SetWindowName("HeadSlice");

  renWin->Render();
  iren->Start();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(HeadSlice)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  FiltersCore
  FiltersModeling
  IOImage
  ImagingCore
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "HeadSlice: 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(HeadSlice MACOSX_BUNDLE HeadSlice.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(HeadSlice PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS HeadSlice
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build HeadSlice

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

cd HeadSlice/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:

./HeadSlice

WINDOWS USERS

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