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# ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D

VTKEx/Cxx/Images/ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D

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### Code

ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D.cxx

    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <vtkImageReader2Factory.h>
    #include <vtkImageReader2.h>
    #include <vtkCamera.h>
    #include <vtkImageMapper3D.h>
    #include <vtkImageActor.h>
    #include <vtkImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D.h>
    #include <vtkImageCast.h>
    #include <vtkImageData.h>
    #include <vtkImageMandelbrotSource.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleImage.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
       // Handle the arguments
      if(argc < 2)
      {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0]
                  << " ImagFilename [iterations(10)] [threshold(20)]" << std::endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
      }
      int iterations = 10;
      if (argc >= 3)
      {
        iterations = atoi(argv[2]);
      }
      float threshold = 20;
      if (argc >= 4)
      {
        threshold = atoi(argv[3]);
      }
      // Read the image
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2Factory> readerFactory =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2Factory>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2> reader;
      reader.TakeReference(
        readerFactory->CreateImageReader2(argv[1]));
      reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D> diffusion =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D>::New();
      diffusion->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
      diffusion->SetNumberOfIterations(iterations);
      diffusion->SetDiffusionThreshold(threshold);
      diffusion->Update();

      // Create an actor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> originalActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
      originalActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());

      // Create an actor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> diffusionActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
      diffusionActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(diffusion->GetOutputPort());

      // Define viewport ranges
      // (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
      double leftViewport[4] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0};
      double rightViewport[4] = {0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};

      // Setup renderers
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera> camera =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> leftRenderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      leftRenderer->SetViewport(leftViewport);
      leftRenderer->AddActor(originalActor);
      leftRenderer->SetActiveCamera(camera);
      leftRenderer->ResetCamera();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> rightRenderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      rightRenderer->SetViewport(rightViewport);
      rightRenderer->AddActor(diffusionActor);
      rightRenderer->SetActiveCamera(camera);

      // Setup render window
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renderWindow->SetSize(600,300);
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(leftRenderer);
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(rightRenderer);

      // Setup render window interactor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage> style =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage>::New();

      renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle(style);

      // Render and start interaction
      renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
      renderWindow->Render();
      renderWindowInteractor->Initialize();

      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

    project(ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D)

    find_package(VTK COMPONENTS
      vtkvtkCommonCore
      vtkvtkCommonDataModel
      vtkvtkIOImage
      vtkvtkImagingCore
      vtkvtkImagingGeneral
      vtkvtkImagingSources
      vtkvtkInteractionStyle
      vtkvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
      vtkvtkRenderingCore
      vtkvtkRenderingFreeType
      vtkvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
      vtkvtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET)
    if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
      message("Skipping ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}")
      return ()
    endif()
    message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}")
    if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0")
      # old system
      include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
      add_executable(ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D.cxx )
      target_link_libraries(ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
    else ()
      # include all components
      add_executable(ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D.cxx )
      target_link_libraries(ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
      # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
      vtk_module_autoinit(
        TARGETS ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D
        MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
        )
    endif ()

### Download and Build ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D

Click here to download ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D/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:

    ./ImageAnisotropicDiffusion2D

WINDOWS USERS

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