/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Image Guided Surgery Software Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: igstkCTImageSpatialObject.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2006/04/03 18:22:22 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.4 $

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  See IGSTKCopyright.txt or http://www.igstk.org/HTML/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __igstkCTImageSpatialObject_h
#define __igstkCTImageSpatialObject_h

#include "igstkImageSpatialObject.h"

namespace igstk
{

/** \class CTImageSpatialObject
 * \brief  Represents a CT scan placed correctly in physical coordinates.
 *
 *  This class is the data structure used for containing a volumetric CT scan.
 *  The scan is usually provided by a CTImageReader class, but can also be
 *  provided by other sources. Due to the protection of the ITK layer, any
 *  other potential source of ITK images must be included in the Friends
 *  mechanism.
 *
 *  \sa MRImageSpatialObject
 *  \sa CTImageReader
 *  \sa CTImageSpatialObjectRepresentation
 *
 *  \ingroup Object
 */

class CTImageSpatialObject : 
      public ImageSpatialObject< signed short, 3 >
{

public:

  /** Type of the superclass. 
   *  This must be declared first because the StandardClassTraitsMacro
   *  will otherwise get confused with the commas of the template */
  typedef ImageSpatialObject< signed short, 3>     SuperclassType;
  
  /** Macro with standard traits declarations. */
  igstkStandardClassTraitsMacro( CTImageSpatialObject, SuperclassType )


protected:

  CTImageSpatialObject();
  virtual ~CTImageSpatialObject();

  /** Print the object information in a stream. */
  void PrintSelf( std::ostream& os, itk::Indent indent ) const; 

private:
 
  /** These two methods must be declared and note be implemented
   *  in order to enforce the protocol of smart pointers. */
  CTImageSpatialObject(const Self&);     //purposely not implemented
  void operator=(const Self&);           //purposely not implemented


};

} // end namespace igstk

#endif // __igstkCTImageSpatialObject_h