TissueLens
Description¶
This example uses two vtkClipDataSet filters to achieve a "tissue lens" affect. First, a vtkSphere implicit function is used to clip a spherical hole in the isosurface extracted with vtkMarchingCubes. Then a geometric vtkSphereSource samples the original volume data using a vtkProbeFilter. vtkClipDataSet uses the resulting scalar point data to clip the sphere surface with the isosurface value.
Usage
TissueLens FullHead.mhd
Info
The example uses FullHead.mhd which references FullHead.raw.gz.
Question
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Code¶
TissueLens.cxx
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkMarchingCubes.h>
#include <vtkMetaImageReader.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkProbeFilter.h>
#include <vtkSphere.h>
#include <vtkClipDataSet.h>
#include <vtkImplicitVolume.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
if (argc < 2)
{
cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " file.mhd" << endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Read the volume data
vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader> reader =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader>::New();
reader->SetFileName (argv[1]);
reader->Update();
// An isosurface, or contour value of 500 is known to correspond to the
// skin of the patient.
vtkSmartPointer<vtkMarchingCubes> skinExtractor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkMarchingCubes>::New();
skinExtractor->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
skinExtractor->SetValue(0, 500);
// Define a spherical clip function to clip the isosurface
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphere> clipFunction =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphere>::New();
clipFunction->SetRadius(50);
clipFunction->SetCenter(73, 52, 15);
// Clip the isosurface with a sphere
vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipDataSet> skinClip =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipDataSet>::New();
skinClip->SetInputConnection(skinExtractor->GetOutputPort());
skinClip->SetClipFunction(clipFunction);
skinClip->SetValue(0);
skinClip->GenerateClipScalarsOn();
skinClip->Update();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> skinMapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
skinMapper->SetInputConnection(skinClip->GetOutputPort());
skinMapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> skin =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
skin->SetMapper(skinMapper);
skin->GetProperty()->SetDiffuseColor(1, .49, .25);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkProperty> backProp =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkProperty>::New();
backProp->SetDiffuseColor(0.8900, 0.8100, 0.3400);
skin->SetBackfaceProperty(backProp);
// Define a model for the "lens". Its geometry matches the implicit
// sphere used to clip the isosurface
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> lensModel =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
lensModel->SetRadius(50);
lensModel->SetCenter(73, 52, 15);
lensModel->SetPhiResolution(201);
lensModel->SetThetaResolution(101);
// Sample the input volume with the lens model geometry
vtkSmartPointer<vtkProbeFilter> lensProbe =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkProbeFilter>::New();
lensProbe->SetInputConnection(lensModel->GetOutputPort());
lensProbe->SetSourceConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
// Clip the lens data with the isosurface value
vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipDataSet> lensClip =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipDataSet>::New();
lensClip->SetInputConnection(lensProbe->GetOutputPort());
lensClip->SetValue(500);
lensClip->GenerateClipScalarsOff();
lensClip->Update();
// Define a suitable grayscale lut
vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> bwLut =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
bwLut->SetTableRange (0, 2048);
bwLut->SetSaturationRange (0, 0);
bwLut->SetHueRange (0, 0);
bwLut->SetValueRange (.2, 1);
bwLut->Build();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> lensMapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
lensMapper->SetInputConnection(lensClip->GetOutputPort());
lensMapper->SetScalarRange(lensClip->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange());
lensMapper->SetLookupTable(bwLut);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> lens =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
lens->SetMapper(lensMapper);
// It is convenient to create an initial view of the data. The FocalPoint
// and Position form a vector direction. Later on (ResetCamera() method)
// this vector is used to position the camera to look at the data in
// this direction.
vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera> aCamera =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera>::New();
aCamera->SetViewUp (0, 0, -1);
aCamera->SetPosition (0, -1, 0);
aCamera->SetFocalPoint (0, 0, 0);
aCamera->ComputeViewPlaneNormal();
aCamera->Azimuth(30.0);
aCamera->Elevation(30.0);
// Create the renderer, the render window, and the interactor. The renderer
// draws into the render window, the interactor enables mouse- and
// keyboard-based interaction with the data within the render window.
//
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> aRenderer =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renWin =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
renWin->AddRenderer(aRenderer);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);
// Actors are added to the renderer. An initial camera view is created.
// The Dolly() method moves the camera towards the FocalPoint,
// thereby enlarging the image.
aRenderer->AddActor(lens);
aRenderer->AddActor(skin);
aRenderer->SetActiveCamera(aCamera);
aRenderer->ResetCamera ();
aCamera->Dolly(1.5);
// Set a background color for the renderer and set the size of the
// render window (expressed in pixels).
aRenderer->SetBackground(.2, .3, .4);
renWin->SetSize(640, 480);
// Note that when camera movement occurs (as it does in the Dolly()
// method), the clipping planes often need adjusting. Clipping planes
// consist of two planes: near and far along the view direction. The
// near plane clips out objects in front of the plane; the far plane
// clips out objects behind the plane. This way only what is drawn
// between the planes is actually rendered.
aRenderer->ResetCameraClippingRange ();
// Initialize the event loop and then start it.
renWin->Render();
iren->Initialize();
iren->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
project(TissueLens)
find_package(VTK COMPONENTS
vtkvtkCommonCore
vtkvtkCommonDataModel
vtkvtkFiltersCore
vtkvtkFiltersGeneral
vtkvtkFiltersSources
vtkvtkIOImage
vtkvtkInteractionStyle
vtkvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
vtkvtkRenderingCore
vtkvtkRenderingFreeType
vtkvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
vtkvtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
message("Skipping TissueLens: ${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(TissueLens MACOSX_BUNDLE TissueLens.cxx )
target_link_libraries(TissueLens PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
# include all components
add_executable(TissueLens MACOSX_BUNDLE TissueLens.cxx )
target_link_libraries(TissueLens PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
TARGETS TissueLens
MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
endif ()
Download and Build TissueLens¶
Click here to download TissueLens and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball TissueLens.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd TissueLens/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:
./TissueLens
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.