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// .NAME vtkImageDifference - select piece (e.g., volume of interest) and/or subsample structured points dataset

// .SECTION Description
// vtkImageDifference is a filter that selects a portion of an input structured points 
// dataset, or subsamples an input dataset. (The selected portion of interested is
// referred toas the Volume Of Interest, or VOI.) The output of this filter is a 
// structured points dataset. The filter treats input data of any topological
// dimension (i.e., point, line, image, or volume) and can generate output data 
// of any topological dimension.
//
// To use this filter set the VOI ivar which are i-j-k min/max indices that specify
// a rectangular region in the data. (Note that these are 0-offset.) You can also
// specify a sampling rate to subsample the data.
//
// Typical applications of this filter are to extract a slice from a volume for 
// image processing, subsampling large volumes to reduce data size, or extracting
// regions of a volume with interesting data.

// .SECTION See Also
// vtkGeometryFilter vtkExtractGeometry vtkExtractGrid

#ifndef __vtkImageDifference_h
#define __vtkImageDifference_h

#include "vtkStructuredPointsToStructuredPointsFilter.h"

class VTK_EXPORT vtkImageDifference : public vtkStructuredPointsToStructuredPointsFilter
{
public:
  vtkImageDifference();
  char *GetClassName() {return "vtkImageDifference";};
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  void Update();

  // Description:
  // Specify the Image to compare the input to.
  vtkSetObjectMacro(Image,vtkStructuredPoints);
  vtkGetObjectMacro(Image,vtkStructuredPoints);

  // Description:
  // Return the error in comparing the two images.
  vtkGetMacro(Error,float);
  
  // Description:
  // Return the thresholded error in comparing the two images.
  vtkGetMacro(ThresholdedError,float);
  
protected:
  void Execute();
  vtkStructuredPoints *Image;
  float Error;
  float ThresholdedError;
};

#endif


