VPSDIST

VisionX V4
NAME

vpsdist − computes the distance from the candidate center to the pleural wall

SYNOPSIS

vpsdist [if=<inputimage>] [ic=<incandfile>] [of=<outcandfile>] [-t] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

vpsdist computes the distance from the candidate center to the pleural surface by gradually growing the sphere, placed at candidate’s center and looking for the intersection with the lung mask. If candidate is located outside the mask, the calculated distance is negative.

OPTIONS

if=

input image (byte)

ic=

input candidate file

of=

output candidate file, containing all columns from the input candidate file plus additional column of computed distance (in mm)

-t

use tab-separated format instead of default VisionX feature format both for input and output candidate files; input file may have arbitrary number of columns, however the first three must be the following: candidate index, x,y,z coordinates and diameter (in mm)

-v

verbose mode; gives some runtime information

TODO

* must support arbitrary set of diameters for growing sphere

SEE ALSO

vloggen(1), vloggenw(1), vlogtype(1), vlogratio(1), vattratio(1), vairdist(1), vcurvature(1), vcompact(1)

AUTHOR

Sergei Fotin, August 2008