ITK/Examples/Meshes/AreaAndVolume

This example demonstrates how to calculate the area and volume of an itk::Mesh by (a) ensuring that it is triangular and (b) converting it to an itk::SimplexMesh.

Contributed by: Davis Vigneault

AreaAndVolume.cxx

<source lang="cpp">

1. include <itkSimplexMesh.h>
2. include <itkRegularSphereMeshSource.h>
3. include <itkTriangleMeshToSimplexMeshFilter.h>
4. include <itkSimplexMeshVolumeCalculator.h>

typedef itk::Mesh< float, 3 > TMesh; typedef itk::SimplexMesh< float, 3 > TSimplex; typedef itk::RegularSphereMeshSource< TMesh > TSphere; typedef itk::TriangleMeshToSimplexMeshFilter< TMesh, TSimplex > TConvert; typedef itk::SimplexMeshVolumeCalculator< TSimplex > TVolume;

int main(int, char *[]) {

 // Create a spherical mesh with known radius and resolution.
 TSphere::Pointer source = TSphere::New();
 TSphere::VectorType scale;
 scale.Fill( 5.0 );
 source->SetScale( scale );
 source->SetResolution( 5 );
 source->Update();

 // Ensure that all cells of the mesh are triangles.
 for (TMesh::CellsContainerIterator it = source->GetOutput()->GetCells()->Begin();
      it != source->GetOutput()->GetCells()->End();
      ++it)
   {   
   TMesh::CellAutoPointer cell;
   source->GetOutput()->GetCell(it->Index(), cell);
   if (3 != cell->GetNumberOfPoints())
     {   
     std::cerr << "ERROR: All cells must be trianglar." << std::endl;  
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }   
   }   

 // Convert the triangle mesh to a simplex mesh.
 TConvert::Pointer convert = TConvert::New();
 convert->SetInput( source->GetOutput() );
 convert->Update();

 // Calculate the volume and area of the simplex mesh.
 TVolume::Pointer volume = TVolume::New();
 volume->SetSimplexMesh( convert->GetOutput() );
 volume->Compute();

 // Compare with the volume and area of an ideal sphere.
 std::cout << "Ideal Volume: "       << 4.0/3.0*M_PI*pow(5.0,3) << std::endl;
 std::cout << "Mesh Volume: "        << volume->GetVolume()     << std::endl;
 std::cout << "Ideal Surface Area: " << 4.0*M_PI*pow(5.0,2)     << std::endl;
 std::cout << "Mesh Surface Area: "  << volume->GetArea()       << std::endl;

 return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}

</source>

CMakeLists.txt

<syntaxhighlight lang="cmake"> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9.5)

project(AreaAndVolume)

find_package(ITK REQUIRED) include(${ITK_USE_FILE}) if (ITKVtkGlue_LOADED)

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

endif()

add_executable(AreaAndVolume MACOSX_BUNDLE AreaAndVolume.cxx)

if( "${ITK_VERSION_MAJOR}" LESS 4 )

 target_link_libraries(AreaAndVolume ITKReview ${ITK_LIBRARIES})

else( "${ITK_VERSION_MAJOR}" LESS 4 )

 target_link_libraries(AreaAndVolume ${ITK_LIBRARIES})

endif( "${ITK_VERSION_MAJOR}" LESS 4 )

</syntaxhighlight>

Download and Build AreaAndVolume

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

cd AreaAndVolume/build

• If ITK is installed:

cmake ..

• If ITK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your ITK build:

cmake -DITK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/itk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./AreaAndVolume

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

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ItkVtkGlue

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