# GenerateModelsFromLabels

VTKExamples/Cxx/Medical/GenerateModelsFromLabels

### Description

This example uses vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes to create vtkPolyData models from a 3D volume that contains discrete labels. These volumes are normally the output of a segmentation algorithm. The polydata for each label will be output into a separate file.

If you want to see the segmentation results as cube models, see the example GenerateCubesFromLabels. The input volume must be in MetaIO format.

Once you generate the models, you can view them with Paraview

Note

This original source code for this example is here.

### Code

GenerateModelsFromLabels.cxx

    //
    // GenerateModelsFromLabels
    //   Usage: GenerateModelsFromLabels InputVolume Startlabel Endlabel
    //          where
    //          InputVolume is a meta file containing a 3 volume of
    //            discrete labels.
    //          StartLabel is the first label to be processed
    //          EndLabel is the last label to be processed
    //          NOTE: There can be gaps in the labeling. If a label does
    //          not exist in the volume, it will be skipped.
    //
    //
    #include <vtkMetaImageReader.h>
    #include <vtkImageAccumulate.h>
    #include <vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes.h>
    #include <vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter.h>
    #include <vtkMaskFields.h>
    #include <vtkThreshold.h>
    #include <vtkGeometryFilter.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <vtkImageData.h>
    #include <vtkPointData.h>
    #include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
    #include <sstream>

    int main (int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      if (argc < 4)
      {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " InputVolume StartLabel EndLabel" << std::endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
      }

      // Create all of the classes we will need
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader> reader =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkMetaImageReader>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAccumulate> histogram =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageAccumulate>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes> discreteCubes =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter> smoother =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold> selector =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkMaskFields> scalarsOff =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkMaskFields>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter> geometry =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();

      // Define all of the variables
      unsigned int startLabel = atoi(argv[2]);
      unsigned int endLabel = atoi(argv[3]);
      std::string filePrefix = "Label";
      unsigned int smoothingIterations = 15;
      double passBand = 0.001;
      double featureAngle = 120.0;

      // Generate models from labels
      // 1) Read the meta file
      // 2) Generate a histogram of the labels
      // 3) Generate models from the labeled volume
      // 4) Smooth the models
      // 5) Output each model into a separate file

      reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);

      histogram->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
      histogram->SetComponentExtent(0, endLabel, 0, 0, 0, 0);
      histogram->SetComponentOrigin(0, 0, 0);
      histogram->SetComponentSpacing(1, 1, 1);
      histogram->Update();

      discreteCubes->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
      discreteCubes->GenerateValues(
        endLabel - startLabel + 1, startLabel, endLabel);

      smoother->SetInputConnection(discreteCubes->GetOutputPort());
      smoother->SetNumberOfIterations(smoothingIterations);
      smoother->BoundarySmoothingOff();
      smoother->FeatureEdgeSmoothingOff();
      smoother->SetFeatureAngle(featureAngle);
      smoother->SetPassBand(passBand);
      smoother->NonManifoldSmoothingOn();
      smoother->NormalizeCoordinatesOn();
      smoother->Update();

      selector->SetInputConnection(smoother->GetOutputPort());
      selector->SetInputArrayToProcess(0, 0, 0,
                                       vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_CELLS,
                                       vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);

      // Strip the scalars from the output
      scalarsOff->SetInputConnection(selector->GetOutputPort());
      scalarsOff->CopyAttributeOff(vtkMaskFields::POINT_DATA,
                                   vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);
      scalarsOff->CopyAttributeOff(vtkMaskFields::CELL_DATA,
                                   vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS);

      geometry->SetInputConnection(scalarsOff->GetOutputPort());

      writer->SetInputConnection(geometry->GetOutputPort());

      for (unsigned int i = startLabel; i <= endLabel; i++)
      {
        // see if the label exists, if not skip it
        double frequency =
          histogram->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars()->GetTuple1(i);
        if (frequency == 0.0)
        {
          continue;
        }

        // select the cells for a given label
        selector->ThresholdBetween(i, i);

        // output the polydata
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << filePrefix << i << ".vtp";
        std::cout << argv[0] << " writing " << ss.str() << std::endl;

        writer->SetFileName(ss.str().c_str());
        writer->Write();

      }
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(GenerateModelsFromLabels)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(GenerateModelsFromLabels MACOSX_BUNDLE GenerateModelsFromLabels.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(GenerateModelsFromLabels ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build GenerateModelsFromLabels

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

    cd GenerateModelsFromLabels/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:

    ./GenerateModelsFromLabels

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