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 * Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision
 * Graz, University of Technology / Austria
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 * This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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 *
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 * Project     : MIPItkProjects
 * Module      : CommonItkUtilities
 * Class       : $RCSfile: SmallUtilityMethods.cxx,v $
 * Language    : C++
 * Description : 
 *
 * Author     : Martin Urschler
 * EMail      : urschler@icg.tu-graz.ac.at
 * Date       : $Date: 2005-09-20 15:22:42 $
 * Version    : $Revision: 1.8 $
 * Full Id    : $Id: SmallUtilityMethods.cxx,v 1.8 2005-09-20 15:22:42 urschler Exp $
 *
 */

#include "commonItkTypedefs.h"

#include "SmallUtilityMethods.h"
#include "SmallUtilityMethods.txx"



// specializations

template< >
FloatImageType::Pointer
SmallUtilityMethods<FloatImageType>::curvFlowSmoothVolume( 
   const FloatImageType::Pointer& image,
   unsigned int nr_iterations, double time_step )
{
   // setup the Image Smoother

   typedef itk::CurvatureFlowImageFilter< FloatImageType, FloatImageType >
      CurvatureFlowImageFilterType;

   CurvatureFlowImageFilterType::Pointer smoother = 
      CurvatureFlowImageFilterType::New();

   smoother->SetNumberOfIterations( nr_iterations );
   smoother->SetTimeStep( time_step );

   smoother->SetInput( image );

   ITK_EXCEPTION_CHECKED( "Image smoothing using curvature flow filter.", 
      smoother->Update(), 0 );
           
   return smoother->GetOutput();
}



template class SmallUtilityMethods< FloatImageType >;
template class SmallUtilityMethods< Int16ImageType >;
template class SmallUtilityMethods< UInt16ImageType >;
template class SmallUtilityMethods< MaskImageType >;