itkNormalVectorDiffusionFunction.h

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  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkNormalVectorDiffusionFunction.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2009-04-06 11:15:08 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.8 $

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#ifndef __itkNormalVectorDiffusionFunction_h
#define __itkNormalVectorDiffusionFunction_h

#include "itkNormalVectorFunctionBase.h"
#include "itkNumericTraits.h"
#include <math.h>

namespace itk {

template <class TSparseImageType>
class ITK_EXPORT NormalVectorDiffusionFunction 
  :public NormalVectorFunctionBase <TSparseImageType>
{
public:
  typedef NormalVectorDiffusionFunction               Self;
  typedef NormalVectorFunctionBase <TSparseImageType> Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>                          Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>                    ConstPointer;

  itkTypeMacro( NormalVectorDiffusionFunction, NormalVectorFunctionBase);
   
  itkStaticConstMacro(ImageDimension, unsigned int, Superclass::ImageDimension);

  itkNewMacro(Self);

  typedef typename Superclass::TimeStepType           TimeStepType;
  typedef typename Superclass::RadiusType             RadiusType;
  typedef typename Superclass::NeighborhoodType       NeighborhoodType;
  typedef typename Superclass::NeighborhoodScalesType NeighborhoodScalesType;
  typedef typename Superclass::FloatOffsetType        FloatOffsetType;
  typedef typename Superclass::IndexType              IndexType;
  typedef typename Superclass::SparseImageType        SparseImageType;
  typedef typename Superclass::NodeType               NodeType;
  typedef typename Superclass::NodeValueType          NodeValueType;
  typedef typename Superclass::NormalVectorType       NormalVectorType;

  void SetNormalProcessType( int npt )
    { m_NormalProcessType = npt; }

  int GetNormalProcessType() const 
    { return m_NormalProcessType; }

  void SetConductanceParameter( NodeValueType cp )
    {
    m_ConductanceParameter = cp + static_cast<NodeValueType> (0.001);
    // we add a minimum conductance to avoid divide by zero
    // can make this a parameter.
    m_FluxStopConstant = static_cast<NodeValueType>
      (-1.0/(m_ConductanceParameter*m_ConductanceParameter));
    }

  NodeValueType GetConductanceParameter() const
    { return m_ConductanceParameter; }

  NodeValueType GetFluxStopConstant() const
    { return m_FluxStopConstant; }
  
  virtual void PrecomputeSparseUpdate( NeighborhoodType &it ) const;

  virtual NormalVectorType ComputeSparseUpdate (NeighborhoodType &neighborhood,
                                                void *globalData,
                                                const FloatOffsetType &offset) const;
  
protected:
  NormalVectorDiffusionFunction();
  ~NormalVectorDiffusionFunction() {}
  void PrintSelf(std::ostream& os, Indent indent) const;

  NodeValueType FluxStopFunction( const NodeValueType v ) const
    {
    // the slow exp function could be replaced with a lookup table
    if (v<=0.0) return NumericTraits<NodeValueType>::One;
    else return static_cast<NodeValueType>(vcl_exp(m_FluxStopConstant*v));
    }
  
private:
  NodeValueType m_ConductanceParameter;

  NodeValueType m_FluxStopConstant;

  int m_NormalProcessType; 

  NormalVectorDiffusionFunction(const Self&); //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&);                //purposely not implemented
};

} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#include "itkNormalVectorDiffusionFunction.txx"
#endif

#endif