ImageValueRange

VTKEx/Cxx/Images/ImageValueRange

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Code

ImageValueRange.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  // Create an image data
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> imageData = vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();

  // Specify the size of the image data
  imageData->SetDimensions(5,1,1);
  imageData->AllocateScalars(VTK_DOUBLE,1);

  int* dims = imageData->GetDimensions();

  for (int x = 0; x < dims[0]; x++)
  {
    double* pixel = static_cast<double*>(imageData->GetScalarPointer(x,0,0));
    pixel[0] = x*10;
  }

  double valuesRange[2];
  dynamic_cast<vtkDoubleArray*>(imageData->GetPointData()->GetArray("ImageScalars"))->GetValueRange(valuesRange);
  std::cout << "valuesRange = " << valuesRange[0] << " " << valuesRange[1] << std::endl;

  // This should also work:
  // min = vtkImageData->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange()[0] and max = GetScalarRange()[1].
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ImageValueRange)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  vtkvtkCommonCore
  vtkvtkCommonDataModel QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message("Skipping ImageValueRange: ${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(ImageValueRange MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageValueRange.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ImageValueRange PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
  # include all components
  add_executable(ImageValueRange MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageValueRange.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ImageValueRange PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
  # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
  vtk_module_autoinit(
    TARGETS ImageValueRange
    MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
    )
endif ()

Download and Build ImageValueRange

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

cd ImageValueRange/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:

./ImageValueRange

WINDOWS USERS

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