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Attenuation

web-test/Python/ImageProcessing/Attenuation

Description

This MRI image illustrates attenuation that can occur due to sensor position. The artifact is removed by dividing by the attenuation profile determined manually. This histograms shows how the artifact hides information in the form of scalar value clusters.

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Code

Attenuation.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonColor import vtkNamedColors
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel import vtkSphere
from vtkmodules.vtkIOImage import vtkImageReader2Factory
from vtkmodules.vtkImagingCore import (
    vtkImageCast,
    vtkImageShiftScale
)
from vtkmodules.vtkImagingGeneral import vtkImageGaussianSmooth
from vtkmodules.vtkImagingHybrid import vtkSampleFunction
from vtkmodules.vtkImagingMath import vtkImageMathematics
from vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle import vtkInteractorStyleImage
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
    vtkImageActor,
    vtkRenderWindow,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor,
    vtkRenderer
)


def main():
    colors = vtkNamedColors()

    fileName = get_program_parameters()

    # Read the image.
    readerFactory = vtkImageReader2Factory()
    reader = readerFactory.CreateImageReader2(fileName)
    reader.SetFileName(fileName)
    reader.Update()

    cast = vtkImageCast()
    cast.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
    cast.SetOutputScalarTypeToDouble()

    # Get rid of the discrete scalars.
    smooth = vtkImageGaussianSmooth()
    smooth.SetInputConnection(cast.GetOutputPort())
    smooth.SetStandardDeviations(0.8, 0.8, 0)

    m1 = vtkSphere()
    m1.SetCenter(310, 130, 0)
    m1.SetRadius(0)

    m2 = vtkSampleFunction()
    m2.SetImplicitFunction(m1)
    m2.SetModelBounds(0, 264, 0, 264, 0, 1)
    m2.SetSampleDimensions(264, 264, 1)

    m3 = vtkImageShiftScale()
    m3.SetInputConnection(m2.GetOutputPort())
    m3.SetScale(0.000095)

    div = vtkImageMathematics()
    div.SetInputConnection(0, smooth.GetOutputPort())
    div.SetInputConnection(1, m3.GetOutputPort())
    div.SetOperationToMultiply()

    # Create the actors.
    colorWindow = 256.0
    colorLevel = 127.5
    originalActor = vtkImageActor()
    originalActor.GetMapper().SetInputConnection(cast.GetOutputPort())
    originalActor.GetProperty().SetColorWindow(colorWindow)
    originalActor.GetProperty().SetColorLevel(colorLevel)

    filteredActor = vtkImageActor()
    filteredActor.GetMapper().SetInputConnection(div.GetOutputPort())

    # Define the viewport ranges.
    # (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
    originalViewport = [0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0]
    filteredViewport = [0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0]

    # Setup the renderers.
    originalRenderer = vtkRenderer()
    originalRenderer.SetViewport(originalViewport)
    originalRenderer.AddActor(originalActor)
    originalRenderer.ResetCamera()
    originalRenderer.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d("SlateGray"))

    filteredRenderer = vtkRenderer()
    filteredRenderer.SetViewport(filteredViewport)
    filteredRenderer.AddActor(filteredActor)
    filteredRenderer.ResetCamera()
    filteredRenderer.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d("LightSlateGray"))

    renderWindow = vtkRenderWindow()
    renderWindow.SetSize(600, 300)
    renderWindow.AddRenderer(originalRenderer)
    renderWindow.AddRenderer(filteredRenderer)
    renderWindow.SetWindowName('Attenuation')

    renderWindowInteractor = vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
    style = vtkInteractorStyleImage()

    renderWindowInteractor.SetInteractorStyle(style)

    renderWindowInteractor.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow)
    renderWindowInteractor.Initialize()

    renderWindowInteractor.Start()


def get_program_parameters():
    import argparse
    description = 'This MRI image illustrates attenuation that can occur due to sensor position.'
    epilogue = '''
    The artifact is removed by dividing by the attenuation profile determined manually.
    '''
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description, epilog=epilogue,
                                     formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
    parser.add_argument('filename', help='AttenuationArtifact.pgm.')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    return args.filename


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()