imx

Below is a demonstration of the features of the imx function

Syntax
Description
Examples
Example: Segmenting MRI data

clear; close all; clc;

Syntax

hf=imx(varargin);

Description

The imx function provides a figure window based GUI for 3D image segmentation

Examples

Example: Segmenting MRI data

Get a 3D image (see also dcmFolder2MATobject to import DICOM data)

testCase=2;
switch testCase
    case 1 %MATLAB brain data
        load mri;
        M=squeeze(D); %example image data set
        v=2./[1,1,.4]; %example voxel size
    case 2 %MRI imported from DICOM files, see also HELP_dcmFolder2MATobject
        defaultFolder = fileparts(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath'))); %Set main folder
        pathName=fullfile(defaultFolder,'data','DICOM','0001_human_calf');
        loadName=fullfile(pathName,'IMDAT','IMDAT.mat');

        IMDAT_struct=load(loadName); %The image data structure
        G = IMDAT_struct.G; %Geometric/spatial information
        v=G.v; %The voxel size
        M= IMDAT_struct.type_1; %The image data
end

Start segmentation using imx

hf=imx(M,v);

Viewing

Toolbar - Note all functions displayed in the graphical user interface toolbar, equipt with an information panel and descriptions of keyboard shortcuts just below the toolbar. Instructions for each widget will appear along this top bar when in use. Right click to exit from any given widget.

View manipulation - Use the View Control Widget to zoom, pan, and rotate a figure using different mouse gestures (right mouse button for zoom, left for panning, and middle/scroll for rotating). Use the sliding bars on the left hand side of the graphical user interface to change slice view from all 3 axes. Press home to return to active slice. Use the colorbar button to change the limits of the color axis displayed below the slice, shifting the color contrast across a slice and increasing the visibility of contour lines.

Sketching a contour

Sample - Begin segmenting an element with s = sample sketch contour. With the activated widget, click on an area of contrast that outlines the element to generate an approximate dotted contour. If the generated outline is unsuitable, click elsewhere along the contrast to produce a new contour. Once the sample contour is acceptable, right click out of the widget. See below for an example of this process in segmenting the skin.

Cut - Use c = cut sketched contour to edit a sample sketch by boxing and removing an incorrect section of the outline.

Draw - After cutting a portion of a sample sketch, use the drawing tool to complete the sketch if needed. Use d = draw contour to place connected sketch points along a contour where the path needs to be filled in. After exiting the widget, observe that the drawn sketch will be in a different color compared to the original.

Adjust - To edit the alignment of certain points along a bad contour, use the adjust tool. To move a sketch point to a new location, click on the point and then click on its new placement.

Delete - Use the delete tool to erase any sketch contour on the slice.

Accepting a contour

Select - Once a sketch contour is well fit to an element on the given slice, use a = accept contour to select the contour, changing it to a solid green path. If multiple sketches exist on the slice, select your desired option from the displayed window to either add a new contour, merge with another contour, or replace the existing accepted contours. See below for an example of merging multiple contours of interest.

Convert - Use the convert button to easily switch from an accepted contour back to a sketch contour if further adjustments are needed. Use the reset button to return to the original, unsegmented slice.

Grow/Shrink - Use + = grow contour and - = shrink contour to manipulate the size of an accepted contour to best fit a given element. Growing and shrinking contour lines will likely wrinkle the path and require smoothing (see Smooth).

Smooth - Use q = smooth accepted contour to smoothen a contour path. If more extreme smoothing is necessary, press p while the smoothing tool is activated to adjust the smoothing parameter accordingly.

Finalizing segmentation - After the slice is complete, press space to go to the next slice and continue segmentation for all MRI slices. Periodically check the view of all slices using the showHide tool to verify continuity along the length of an element until completion.

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imx

Contents

Syntax

Description

Examples

Example: Segmenting MRI data