ITK/Examples/Images/NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter

This example extracts a patch from an image and searches for it using normalized correlation. The output of the correlation filter is a correlation map. The maximum of this map is the "best" position of the query patch. We know the correct location because we extracted the patch from the image, so it will match exactly.

NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.cxx

<source lang="cpp">

1. include "itkImage.h"
2. include "itkImageFileReader.h"
3. include "itkNormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.h"
4. include "itkRegionOfInterestImageFilter.h"
5. include "itkImageKernelOperator.h"
6. include "itkRescaleIntensityImageFilter.h"
7. include "itkImageFileWriter.h"
8. include "itkMinimumMaximumImageCalculator.h"
9. include "QuickView.h"

1. include <iostream>
2. include <string>

typedef itk::Image<float, 2> FloatImageType; typedef itk::Image<unsigned char, 2> UnsignedCharImageType;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 if(argc < 2)
   {
   std::cerr << "Required: filename" << std::endl;
   return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }

 std::string filename = argv[1];

 typedef itk::ImageFileReader<FloatImageType> ReaderType;

 // Read the image
 ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
 reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
 reader->Update();

 // Extract a small region
 typedef itk::RegionOfInterestImageFilter< FloatImageType,
                                           FloatImageType > ExtractFilterType;

 ExtractFilterType::Pointer extractFilter = ExtractFilterType::New();

 FloatImageType::IndexType start;
 start.Fill(50);

 FloatImageType::SizeType size;
 size.Fill(51);

 FloatImageType::RegionType desiredRegion(start,size);

 extractFilter->SetRegionOfInterest(desiredRegion);
 extractFilter->SetInput(reader->GetOutput());
 extractFilter->Update();

 // Perform normalized correlation
 // <input type, mask type (not used), output type>
 typedef itk::NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter<FloatImageType, FloatImageType, FloatImageType> CorrelationFilterType;

 itk::ImageKernelOperator<float> kernelOperator;
 kernelOperator.SetImageKernel(extractFilter->GetOutput());

 // The radius of the kernel must be the radius of the patch, NOT the size of the patch
 itk::Size<2> radius = extractFilter->GetOutput()->GetLargestPossibleRegion().GetSize();
 radius[0] = (radius[0]-1) / 2;
 radius[1] = (radius[1]-1) / 2;
 
 kernelOperator.CreateToRadius(radius);

 CorrelationFilterType::Pointer correlationFilter = CorrelationFilterType::New();
 correlationFilter->SetInput(reader->GetOutput());
 correlationFilter->SetTemplate(kernelOperator);
 correlationFilter->Update();

 typedef itk::MinimumMaximumImageCalculator <FloatImageType>
         MinimumMaximumImageCalculatorType;

 MinimumMaximumImageCalculatorType::Pointer minimumMaximumImageCalculatorFilter
         = MinimumMaximumImageCalculatorType::New ();
 minimumMaximumImageCalculatorFilter->SetImage(correlationFilter->GetOutput());
 minimumMaximumImageCalculatorFilter->Compute();

 std::cout << "Maximum: " << minimumMaximumImageCalculatorFilter->GetIndexOfMaximum() << std::endl;

 // Note that the best correlation is at the center of the patch we extracted (ie. (75, 75) rather than the corner (50,50)

 typedef itk::RescaleIntensityImageFilter< FloatImageType, UnsignedCharImageType > RescaleFilterType;
 typedef itk::ImageFileWriter<UnsignedCharImageType> WriterType;
 {
 RescaleFilterType::Pointer rescaleFilter = RescaleFilterType::New();
 rescaleFilter->SetInput(correlationFilter->GetOutput());
 rescaleFilter->SetOutputMinimum(0);
 rescaleFilter->SetOutputMaximum(255);
 rescaleFilter->Update();

 WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
 writer->SetInput(rescaleFilter->GetOutput());
 writer->SetFileName("correlation.png");
 writer->Update();
 }

 {
 RescaleFilterType::Pointer rescaleFilter = RescaleFilterType::New();
 rescaleFilter->SetInput(extractFilter->GetOutput());
 rescaleFilter->SetOutputMinimum(0);
 rescaleFilter->SetOutputMaximum(255);
 rescaleFilter->Update();

 WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
 writer->SetInput(rescaleFilter->GetOutput());
 writer->SetFileName("patch.png");
 writer->Update();
 }

 QuickView viewer;
 viewer.AddImage(reader->GetOutput());
 viewer.AddImage(extractFilter->GetOutput());
 viewer.AddImage(correlationFilter->GetOutput());
 viewer.Visualize();

 return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}

</source>

CMakeLists.txt

<source lang="cmake"> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

PROJECT(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter)

include_directories(/home/doriad/ITKWikiExamples/ItkVtkGlue)

FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED) INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})

FIND_PACKAGE(ITK REQUIRED) INCLUDE(${ITK_USE_FILE})

ADD_EXECUTABLE(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter.cpp /home/doriad/ITKWikiExamples/ItkVtkGlue/QuickView.cxx) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(NormalizedCorrelationImageFilter vtkHybrid ITKBasicFilters ITKCommon ITKIO)

</source>