detect_spheres_matched_filter(1) Detect spheres

SYNOPSIS

detect_spheres_matched_filter InputImage OutputImage

DESCRIPTION

This tool detects spherical objects in three-dimensional images.

OPTIONS

Global Toolkit Options (these are shared by all CMTK tools)

--help
Write list of basic command line options to standard output.
--help-all
Write complete list of basic and advanced command line options to standard output.
--wiki
Write list of command line options to standard output in MediaWiki markup.
--man
Write man page source in 'nroff' markup to standard output.
--version
Write toolkit version to standard output.
--echo
Write the current command line to standard output.
--verbose-level <integer>
Set verbosity level.
--verbose, -v
Increment verbosity level by 1 (deprecated; supported for backward compatibility).
--threads <integer>
Set maximum number of parallel threads (for POSIX threads and OpenMP).

Main Options

--radius <double>, -r <double>
Radius of spheres to detect in physical length units (typically mm). [Default: 1]
--filter-margin <integer>
Half of filter margin width in pixels. This determines the extent of the region around the surface or the sphere where the detection filter is non-zero. [Default: 2]
--normalized
Use intensity-normalized filter, effectively computing Normalized Cross Correlation between filter and image.

AUTHORS

Torsten Rohlfing, with contributions from Michael P. Hasak, Greg Jefferis, Calvin R. Maurer, Daniel B. Russakoff, and Yaroslav Halchenko

BUGS

Report bugs at http://nitrc.org/projects/cmtk/

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CMTK is developed with support from the NIAAA under Grant AA021697, National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (N-CANDA): Data Integration Component. From April 2009 through September 2011, CMTK development and maintenance was supported by the NIBIB under Grant EB008381.