MedicalDemo1
VTKEx/Python/Medical/MedicalDemo1
Description¶
The skin extracted from a CT dataset of the head.
Note
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Code¶
MedicalDemo1.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
"""
import vtk
def main():
colors = vtk.vtkNamedColors()
fileName = get_program_parameters()
colors.SetColor("SkinColor", [255, 125, 64, 255])
colors.SetColor("BkgColor", [51, 77, 102, 255])
# 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.
#
aRenderer = vtk.vtkRenderer()
renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
renWin.AddRenderer(aRenderer)
iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin)
reader = vtk.vtkMetaImageReader()
reader.SetFileName(fileName)
# An isosurface, or contour value of 500 is known to correspond to the
# skin of the patient.
skinExtractor = vtk.vtkMarchingCubes()
skinExtractor.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
skinExtractor.SetValue(0, 500)
skinMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
skinMapper.SetInputConnection(skinExtractor.GetOutputPort())
skinMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff()
skin = vtk.vtkActor()
skin.SetMapper(skinMapper)
skin.GetProperty().SetDiffuseColor(colors.GetColor3d("SkinColor"))
# An outline provides context around the data.
#
outlineData = vtk.vtkOutlineFilter()
outlineData.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
mapOutline = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
mapOutline.SetInputConnection(outlineData.GetOutputPort())
outline = vtk.vtkActor()
outline.SetMapper(mapOutline)
outline.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d("Black"))
# 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.
aCamera = vtk.vtkCamera()
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)
# 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(outline)
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(colors.GetColor3d("BkgColor"))
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.
iren.Initialize()
iren.Start()
def get_program_parameters():
import argparse
description = 'The skin extracted from a CT dataset of the head.'
epilogue = '''
Derived from VTK/Examples/Cxx/Medical1.cxx
This example reads a volume dataset, extracts an isosurface that
represents the skin and displays it.
'''
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description, epilog=epilogue,
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
parser.add_argument('filename', help='FullHead.mhd.')
args = parser.parse_args()
return args.filename
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()