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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkImageContinuousDilate3D.h
  Language:  C++
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  Version:   $Revision$

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// .NAME vtkImageContinuousDilate3D - Dilate implemented as a maximum.
// .SECTION Description
// vtkImageContinuousDilate3D replaces a pixel with the maximum over
// an ellipsoidal neighborhood.  If KernelSize of an axis is 1, no processing
// is done on that axis.


#ifndef __vtkImageContinuousDilate3D_h
#define __vtkImageContinuousDilate3D_h


#include "vtkImageSpatialFilter.h"

class vtkImageEllipsoidSource;

class VTK_IMAGING_EXPORT vtkImageContinuousDilate3D : public vtkImageSpatialFilter
{
public:

  // Description:
  // Construct an instance of vtkImageContinuousDilate3D filter.
  // By default zero values are dilated.
  static vtkImageContinuousDilate3D *New();
  vtkTypeRevisionMacro(vtkImageContinuousDilate3D,vtkImageSpatialFilter);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
  
  // Description:
  // This method sets the size of the neighborhood.  It also sets the 
  // default middle of the neighborhood and computes the elliptical foot print.
  void SetKernelSize(int size0, int size1, int size2);

protected:
  vtkImageContinuousDilate3D();
  ~vtkImageContinuousDilate3D();

  vtkImageEllipsoidSource *Ellipse;
    
  void ThreadedExecute(vtkImageData *inData, vtkImageData *outData, 
                       int extent[6], int id);
private:
  vtkImageContinuousDilate3D(const vtkImageContinuousDilate3D&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkImageContinuousDilate3D&);  // Not implemented.
};

#endif



