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* Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision
* Graz, University of Technology / Austria
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* Project     : projects
* Module      : MIPItkProjects - CommonItkUtilities
* Class       : $RCSfile$
* Language    : C++
* Description : 
*
* Author     : Martin Urschler
* EMail      : urschler@icg.tu-graz.ac.at
* Date       : $Date$
* Version    : $Revision$
* Full Id    : $Id$
*
*/





#ifndef _RAWDATABUFFERIMPORTER_H_
#define _RAWDATABUFFERIMPORTER_H_

#include "itkImage.h"

#ifdef VCL_WIN32
#pragma warning(disable:4786)
#endif 

#define _DIMENSION_ 3


template< typename TPixelDataType >
class RawDataBufferImporter
{
public:
   
   typedef itk::Image< TPixelDataType, _DIMENSION_ > ImportImageType;
   typedef typename ImportImageType::Pointer ImportImageTypePointer;
   
   // this method assumes that the provider of the buffer_ptr will take care
   // of deletion!
   static ImportImageTypePointer import(
      TPixelDataType * buffer_ptr, int nb_slices, int nb_rows, int nb_colums, 
      float slice_distance, float inplane_voxelsize_x, 
      float inplane_voxelsize_y );

   // this method assumes that the provider of the buffer_ptr will take care
   // of deletion!
   static ImportImageTypePointer import(
      TPixelDataType * buffer_ptr, 
      const ImportImageTypePointer& existing_image );
      
private:
   RawDataBufferImporter();
   ~RawDataBufferImporter();   
};

#endif // _RAWDATABUFFERIMPORTER_H_