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\page org_mitk_views_segmentationutilities The Segmentation Utilities View

\imageMacro{segmentation_utilities.svg,"Icon of the Segmentation Utilities View",5.00}

\imageMacro{QmitkSegmentationUtilities_Overview.png,"The Segmentation Utilities view",16.00}

\tableofcontents

\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesManualOverview Overview

The <b>Segmentation Utilities View</b> allows you to postprocess existing segmentations


\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesImageSelection Image Selection

Usually the data selection in the Segmentation Utilities View is done via drop down box which let you just select the appropriate data.

\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesBooleanOperations Boolean Operations

Boolean operations allow you to create the

<ul>
<li> <b>Union:</b> Combines two existing segmentations
<li> <b>Intersection:</b> Keeps just the overlapping areas of two existing segmentations
<li> <b>Difference:</b> Subtracts one segmentation from the other
</ul>

of two segmentations. The selected segmentations must have the same geometry (size, spacing, ...)

\imageMacro{QmitkSegmentationUtilities_IMGBooleanOperations.png,"Boolean operations of the SegmentationUtlitiesView",6.00}

\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesImageMasking Image masking

You can mask your grey value image with either an existing segmentation or a surface. The result will be an image containing only
the pixels that are cover by the respective mask.

\imageMacro{QmitkSegmentationUtilities_IMGImageMasking.png,"Image masking widget of the Segmentation Utilities View",6.00}

\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesMorphologicalOperators Morphological Operators

The morphological operators are applied to a single segmentation image. Based on a given structuring element the underlying segmentation will be modfied.
MITK provides a <b>ball</b> and a <b>cross</b> as structuring elements. The follow operators are at your disposal:

<ul>
<li> <b>Dilation:</b> Each labeled pixel within the segmentation will be dilated based on the selected structuring element
<li> <b>Erosion:</b> Each labeled pixel within the segmentation will be eroded based on the selected structuring element
<li> <b>Opening:</b> A dilation followed by an erosion, used for smoothing edges or eliminating small objects
<li> <b>Closing</b> An erosion followed by an dilation, used for filling small holes
<li> <b>Fill Holes</b> Fills bigger holes within a segmentation
</ul>

\imageMacro{QmitkSegmentationUtilities_IMGMorphologicalOperators.png,"Morphological operators widget of the Segmentation Utilities View",6.00}

\section org_mitk_views_segmentationUtilitiesSurfaceToImage Surface to binary image

This widget lets you fill you meshes into an empty binary image. It is required that a reference grey value image is present.
The created binary image will have the same geometrical properties like the reference image

\imageMacro{QmitkSegmentationUtilities_IMGSurfaceToImage.png,"Surface to image widget of the Segmentation Utilities View",6.00}

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