9.62. ITK Regional Maxima Image Filter

Produce a binary image where foreground is the regional maxima of the input image.

Group (Subgroup)

ITKMathematicalMorphology (MathematicalMorphology)

Description

Regional maxima are flat zones surrounded by pixels of lower value.

If the input image is constant, the entire image can be considered as a maxima or not. The desired behavior can be selected with the SetFlatIsMaxima() method.

Author

This class was contributed to the Insight Journal by author Gaetan Lehmann. Biologie du Developpement et de la Reproduction, INRA de Jouy-en-Josas, France. The paper can be found at https://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/65

See Also

Input Parameter(s)

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Parameter Notes

Description

Background Value

Scalar Value

Float64

Set/Get the value used as ‘background’ in the output image. Defaults to NumericTraits::NonpositiveMin() .

Foreground Value

Scalar Value

Float64

Set/Get the value in the output image to consider as ‘foreground’. Defaults to maximum value of PixelType.

Fully Connected

Bool

Set/Get whether the connected components are defined strictly by face connectivity or by face+edge+vertex connectivity. Default is FullyConnectedOff. For objects that are 1 pixel wide, use FullyConnectedOn.

Flat Is Maxima

Bool

Set/Get whether a flat image must be considered as a maxima or not. Defaults to true.

Input Cell Data

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Parameter Notes

Description

Image Geometry

Geometry Selection

Image

Select the Image Geometry Group from the DataStructure.

Input Cell Data

Array Selection

Allowed Types: int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64, float32, float64

The image data that will be processed by this filter.

Output Cell Data

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Parameter Notes

Description

Output Image Data Array

DataObjectName

The result of the processing will be stored in this Data Array.

Example Pipelines

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