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NAME

       mia-2dsegment-fuzzyw - Run a fuzzy c-means segmentation of a 2D image.

SYNOPSIS

       mia-2dsegment-fuzzyw -i <in-file> [options]

DESCRIPTION

       mia-2dsegment-fuzzyw  This  program  is  a  implementation of a fuzzy c-means segmentation
       algorithm

OPTIONS

   File I/O
              -i --in-file=(input, required); io
                     image to be segmented
                      For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

              -c --cls-file=(output); io
                     class probability images, the image type must support  multiple  images  and
                     floating point values
                      For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

              -o --out-file=(output); io
                     B-field corrected image
                      For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

              -g --gain-log-file=(output); io
                     Logarithmic gain field, the image type must support floating point values
                      For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

   Help & Info
              -V --verbose=warning
                     verbosity  of  output,  print messages of given level and higher priorities.
                     Supported priorities starting at lowest level are:

                        trace ‐ Function call trace
                        debug ‐ Debug output
                        info ‐ Low level messages
                        message ‐ Normal messages
                        warning ‐ Warnings
                        fail ‐ Report test failures
                        error ‐ Report errors
                        fatal ‐ Report only fatal errors

                 --copyright
                     print copyright information

              -h --help
                     print this help

              -? --usage
                     print a short help

                 --version
                     print the version number and exit

   Processing
                 --threads=-1
                     Maxiumum number of threads to use for processing,This number should be lower
                     or  equal  to  the  number  of  logical processor cores in the machine. (-1:
                     automatic estimation).

   Segmentation parameters
              -n --no-of-classes=3
                     number of classes to segment

              -C --class-centres=
                     initial class centers

              -N --neighborhood=shmean:shape=8n
                     neighborhood filter for B-field correction
                      For supported plugins see PLUGINS:2dimage/filter

              -a --alpha=0.7
                     weight of neighborhood filter for B-field correction

              -p --fuzziness=2
                      parameter describing the fuzzyness of mattar distinction

              -e --epsilon=0.01
                     Stopping criterion for class center estimation.

PLUGINS: 1d/spacialkernel

       cdiff     Central difference filter kernel, mirror boundary conditions are used.

                     (no parameters)

       gauss     spacial Gauss filter kernel, supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; uint in [0, inf)
                       half filter width.

       scharr    This plugin provides the 1D folding kernel for the Scharr gradient filter

                     (no parameters)

PLUGINS: 1d/splinekernel

       bspline   B-spline kernel creation , supported parameters are:

                     d = 3; int in [0, 5]
                       Spline degree.

       omoms     OMoms-spline kernel creation, supported parameters are:

                     d = 3; int in [3, 3]
                       Spline degree.

PLUGINS: 2dimage/combiner

       absdiff   Image combiner 'absdiff'

                     (no parameters)

       add       Image combiner 'add'

                     (no parameters)

       div       Image combiner 'div'

                     (no parameters)

       mul       Image combiner 'mul'

                     (no parameters)

       sub       Image combiner 'sub'

                     (no parameters)

PLUGINS: 2dimage/filter

       adaptmed  2D image adaptive median filter, supported parameters are:

                     w = 2; int in [1, inf)
                       half filter width.

       admean    An adaptive mean filter that works like a normal mean filter, if  the  intensity
                 variation  within  the  filter mask is lower then the intensity variation in the
                 whole image, that the uses a special formula if the local  variation  is  higher
                 then the image intensity variation., supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       half filter width.

       aniso     2D Anisotropic image filter, supported parameters are:

                     epsilon = 1; float in (0, inf)
                       iteration change threshold.

                     iter = 100; int in [1, 10000]
                       number of iterations.

                     k = -1; float in [0, 100]
                       k the noise threshold (<=0 -> adaptive).

                     n = 8; set
                       neighbourhood.  Supported values are:( 4, 8, )

                     psi = tuckey; dict
                       edge stopping function.  Supported values are:
                           tuckey ‐ tukey stopping function
                           pm1 ‐ stopping function 1
                           guess ‐ test stopping function
                           pm2 ‐ stopping function 2

       bandpass  intensity bandpass filter, supported parameters are:

                     max = 3.40282e+38; float
                       maximum of the band.

                     min = 0; float
                       minimum of the band.

       binarize  image binarize filter, supported parameters are:

                     max = 3.40282e+38; float
                       maximum of accepted range.

                     min = 0; float
                       minimum of accepted range.

       close     morphological close, supported parameters are:

                     hint = black; set
                       a hint at the main image content.  Supported values are:( black, white, )

                     shape = [sphere:r=2]; factory
                       structuring element.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       combiner  Combine  two  images  with  the  given combiner operator. if 'reverse' is set to
                 false, the first operator is the image passed through the filter  pipeline,  and
                 the  second  image  is loaded from the file given with the 'image' parameter the
                 moment the filter is run., supported parameters are:

                     image =(input, required, io)
                       second image that is needed in the combiner.  For supported file types see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/io

                     op =(required, factory)
                       Image  combiner  to  be applied to the images.  For supported plug-ins see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/combiner

                     reverse = 0; bool
                       reverse the order in which the images passed to the combiner.

       convert   image pixel format conversion filter, supported parameters are:

                     a = 1; float
                       linear conversion parameter a.

                     b = 0; float
                       linear conversion parameter b.

                     map = opt; dict
                       conversion mapping.  Supported values are:
                           copy ‐ copy data when converting
                           linear ‐ apply linear transformation x -> a*x+b
                           range ‐ apply linear transformation that  maps  the  input  data  type
                           range to the output data type range
                           opt  ‐ apply a linear transformation that maps the real input range to
                           the full output range
                           optstat ‐ apply a linear transform that maps based on input  mean  and
                           variation to the full output range

                     repn = ubyte; dict
                       output pixel type.  Supported values are:
                           bit ‐ binary data
                           sbyte ‐ signed 8 bit
                           ubyte ‐ unsigned 8 bit
                           sshort ‐ signed 16 bit
                           ushort ‐ unsigned 16 bit
                           sint ‐ signed 32 bit
                           uint ‐ unsigned 32 bit
                           slong ‐ signed 64 bit
                           ulong ‐ unsigned 64 bit
                           float ‐ floating point 32 bit
                           double ‐ floating point 64 bit
                           none ‐ no pixel type defined

       crop      Crop  a  region  of an image, the region is always clamped to the original image
                 size., supported parameters are:

                     end = [[-1,-1]]; streamable
                       end of crop region.

                     start = [[0,0]]; streamable
                       start of crop region.

       dilate    2d image stack dilate filter, supported parameters are:

                     hint = black; set
                       a hint at the main image content.  Supported values are:( black, white, )

                     shape = [sphere:r=2]; factory
                       structuring element.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       distance  2D image distance filter, evaluates the distance map for a binary mask.

                     (no parameters)

       downscale Downscale the input image by using a given block size to  define  the  downscale
                 factor.  Prior  to  scaling  the  image  is  filtered  by  a smoothing filter to
                 eliminate  high  frequency  data  and  avoid  aliasing   artifacts.,   supported
                 parameters are:

                     b = [[1,1]]; 2dbounds
                       blocksize.

                     bx = 1; uint in [1, inf)
                       blocksize in x direction.

                     by = 1; uint in [1, inf)
                       blocksize in y direction.

                     kernel = gauss; factory
                       smoothing filter kernel to be applied, the size of the filter is estimated
                       based    on    the    blocksize..     For    supported    plug-ins     see
                       PLUGINS:1d/spacialkernel

       erode     2d image stack erode filter, supported parameters are:

                     hint = black; set
                       a hint at the main image content.  Supported values are:( black, white, )

                     shape = [sphere:r=2]; factory
                       structuring element.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       gauss     isotropic 2D gauss filter, supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; int in [0, inf)
                       filter width parameter.

       gradnorm  2D image to gradient norm filter, supported parameters are:

                     normalize = 0; bool
                       Normalize the gradient norms to range [0,1]..

       invert    intensity invert filter

                     (no parameters)

       kmeans    2D  image  k-means  filter.  In  the output image the pixel value represents the
                 class membership and the class centers are stored as attribute  in  the  image.,
                 supported parameters are:

                     c = 3; int in [2, inf)
                       number of classes.

       label     Label connected components in a binary 2D image., supported parameters are:

                     n = 4n; factory
                       Neighborhood  mask  to describe connectivity..  For supported plug-ins see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       labelmap  Image filter to remap label id's. Only applicable to images with integer  valued
                 intensities/labels., supported parameters are:

                     map =(input, required, string)
                       Label mapping file.

       labelscale
                 A  filter  that only creates output voxels that are already created in the input
                 image. Scaling is done by using a voting  algorithms  that  selects  the  target
                 pixel  value  based  on  the  highest  pixel  count  of  a  certain label in the
                 corresponding source region. If the region comprises two labels  with  the  same
                 count, the one with the lower number wins., supported parameters are:

                     out-size =(required, 2dbounds)
                       target size given as two coma separated values.

       load      Load  the input image from a file and use it to replace the current image in the
                 pipeline., supported parameters are:

                     file =(input, required, io)
                       name of the input file to  load  from..   For  supported  file  types  see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/io

       mask      2D  masking,  one  of  the  two  input  images  must  by of type bit., supported
                 parameters are:

                     fill = min; dict
                       fill style for pixels outside of the mask.  Supported values are:
                           min ‐ set values outside the mask to the minimum value  found  in  the
                           image.
                           zero ‐ set the values outside the mask to zero.
                           max  ‐  set  values outside the mask to the maximum value found in the
                           image..

                     input =(input, required, io)
                       second  input  image  file   name.    For   supported   file   types   see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/io

                     inverse = 0; bool
                       set to true to use the inverse of the mask for masking.

       maxflow   This  filter  implements  the  uses  the  max-flow  min-cut  algorithmfor  image
                 segmentation, supported parameters are:

                     sink-flow =(input, required, io)
                       Image of float type to  define  the  per-pixel  flow  to  the  sink.   For
                       supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

                     source-flow =(input, required, io)
                       Image  of  float  type  to  define  the per-pixel flow to the source.  For
                       supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

       mean      2D image mean filter, supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       half filter width.

       meanvar   Filter that evaluates simultaniously the pixel wise mean and the variance of  an
                 image  in  a  given  window. Pixel intensities below the given threshold will be
                 ignored and at their loctions the output mean and variation are set to zero. The
                 mean  intensity  image  is  directly  passed as float image to the pipeline, the
                 variation image is saved to a file given with the varfile parameter.,  supported
                 parameters are:

                     thresh = 0; double in [0, inf)
                       Intensity  thresholding  parameter:  Pixels  with  intensities  below this
                       threshold will be set to zero, and also not used when evaluating mean  and
                       variation.

                     varfile =(output, required, io)
                       name  of  the output file to save the variation image too..  For supported
                       file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

                     w = 1; uint in [1, inf)
                       filter width parameter.

       median    2D image median filter, supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       half filter width.

       medianmad Filter that evaluates simultaniously  the  pixel  wise  median  and  the  median
                 absolute  deviation (MAD) of an image in a given window. Pixel intensities below
                 the given threshold will be ignored and at their loctions the output median  and
                 MAD  are  set  to  zero.  The  median  intensity image is directly passed to the
                 pipeline, the variation image  is  saved  to  a  file  given  with  the  varfile
                 parameter.  Both  output  images have the same pixel type like the input image.,
                 supported parameters are:

                     madfile =(output, required, io)
                       name of the output file to save the median absolute deviation image  too..
                       For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

                     thresh = 0; double in [0, inf)
                       Intensity  thresholding  parameter:  Pixels  with  intensities  below this
                       threshold will be set to zero, and also not used when evaluating mean  and
                       variation.

                     w = 1; uint in [1, inf)
                       filter width parameter.

       mlv       Mean of Least Variance 2D image filter, supported parameters are:

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       filter width parameter.

       ngfnorm   2D image to normalized-gradiend-field-norm filter

                     (no parameters)

       noise     2D  image  noise  filter: add additive or modulated noise to an image, supported
                 parameters are:

                     g = [gauss:mu=0,sigma=10]; factory
                       noise generator.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:generator/noise

                     mod = 0; bool
                       additive or modulated noise.

       open      morphological open, supported parameters are:

                     hint = black; set
                       a hint at the main image content.  Supported values are:( black, white, )

                     shape = [sphere:r=2]; factory
                       structuring element.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       pruning   Morphological pruning. Pruning until  convergence  will  erase  all  pixels  but
                 closed loops., supported parameters are:

                     iter = 0; int in [1, 1000000]
                       Number of iterations to run, 0=until convergence.

       regiongrow
                 Region  growing  startin  from  a  seed  until  only along increasing gradients,
                 supported parameters are:

                     n = 8n; factory
                       Neighborhood shape.  For supported plug-ins see PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

                     seed =(input, required, io)
                       seed image (bit valued).  For supported file types see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

       sandp     salt and pepper  3d filter, supported parameters are:

                     thresh = 100; float in (0, inf)
                       thresh value.

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       filter width parameter.

       scale     2D image downscale filter, supported parameters are:

                     interp = [bspline:d=3]; factory
                       interpolation  method  to  be  used  .    For   supported   plug-ins   see
                       PLUGINS:1d/splinekernel

                     s = [[0,0]]; 2dbounds
                       target size as 2D vector.

                     sx = 0; uint in [0, inf)
                       target size in x direction, 0: use input size.

                     sy = 0; uint in [0, inf)
                       target size in y direction, 0: use input size.

       selectbig 2D label select biggest component filter

                     (no parameters)

       sepconv   2D image intensity separaple convolution filter, supported parameters are:

                     kx = [gauss:w=1]; factory
                       filter    kernel    in    x-direction.    For   supported   plug-ins   see
                       PLUGINS:1d/spacialkernel

                     ky = [gauss:w=1]; factory
                       filter   kernel   in   y-direction.    For    supported    plug-ins    see
                       PLUGINS:1d/spacialkernel

       shmean    2D  image  filter  that  evaluates  the  mean  over  a given neighborhood shape,
                 supported parameters are:

                     shape = 8n; factory
                       neighborhood shape to evaluate  the  mean.   For  supported  plug-ins  see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

       sobel     The  2D Sobel filter for gradient evaluation. Note that the output pixel type of
                 the filtered image is the same as the input pixel type, so converting the  input
                 beforehand  to  a  floating  point  valued  image  is  recommendable., supported
                 parameters are:

                     dir = x; dict
                       Gradient direction.  Supported values are:
                           x ‐ gradient in x-direction
                           y ‐ gradient in y-direction

       sort-label
                 This plug-in sorts the labels of a gray-scale image so  that  the  lowest  label
                 value  corresponts  to  the lable with themost pixels. The background (0) is not
                 touched

                     (no parameters)

       sws       seeded watershead. The algorithm extracts exactly so many  reagions  as  initial
                 labels are given in the seed image., supported parameters are:

                     grad = 0; bool
                       Interpret the input image as gradient. .

                     mark = 0; bool
                       Mark the segmented watersheds with a special gray scale value.

                     n = [sphere:r=1]; factory
                       Neighborhood  for  watershead  region growing.  For supported plug-ins see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

                     seed =(input, required, string)
                       seed input image containing the lables for the initial regions.

       tee       Save the input image to a file and also pass it  through  to  the  next  filter,
                 supported parameters are:

                     file =(output, required, io)
                       name  of the output file to save the image too..  For supported file types
                       see PLUGINS:2dimage/io

       thinning  Morphological thinning. Thinning until convergence will result in a  8-connected
                 skeleton, supported parameters are:

                     iter = 0; int in [1, 1000000]
                       Number of iterations to run, 0=until convergence.

       thresh    This  filter  sets  all  pixels  of  an  image to zero that fall below a certain
                 threshold and whose neighbours in a given neighborhood shape also fall  below  a
                 this threshold, supported parameters are:

                     shape = 4n; factory
                       neighborhood  shape  to  take  into  account.   For supported plug-ins see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

                     thresh = 5; double
                       The threshold value.

       tmean     2D image thresholded tmean filter: The output pixel value is zero if  the  input
                 pixel value is below the given threshold, otherwise the pixels in the evaluation
                 windows  are  only  considered  if  the  input  pixel  intensity  is  above  the
                 threshold., supported parameters are:

                     t = 0; float
                       Threshold for pixels not to take into account.

                     w = 1; int in [1, inf)
                       half filter width.

       transform Transform  the  input image with the given transformation., supported parameters
                 are:

                     file =(input, required, io)
                       Name of the file containing the transformation..  For supported file types
                       see PLUGINS:2dtransform/io

       ws        basic watershead segmentation., supported parameters are:

                     evalgrad = 0; bool
                       Set to 1 if the input image does not represent a gradient norm image.

                     mark = 0; bool
                       Mark the segmented watersheds with a special gray scale value.

                     n = [sphere:r=1]; factory
                       Neighborhood  for  watershead  region growing.  For supported plug-ins see
                       PLUGINS:2dimage/shape

                     thresh = 0; float in [0, 1)
                       Relative gradient norm threshold. The  actual  value  threshold  value  is
                       thresh  * (max_grad - min_grad) + min_grad. Bassins separated by gradients
                       with a lower norm will be joined.

PLUGINS: 2dimage/io

       bmp       BMP 2D-image input/output support. The plug-in supports reading and  writing  of
                 binary  images  and  8-bit  gray scale images. read-only support is provided for
                 4-bit gray scale images. The color table is ignored and  the  pixel  values  are
                 taken as literal gray scale values.

                     Recognized file extensions:  .BMP, .bmp

                     Supported element types:
                       binary data, unsigned 8 bit

       datapool  Virtual IO to and from the internal data pool

                     Recognized file extensions:  .@

       dicom     2D image io for DICOM

                     Recognized file extensions:  .DCM, .dcm

                     Supported element types:
                       signed 16 bit, unsigned 16 bit

       exr       a 2dimage io plugin for OpenEXR images

                     Recognized file extensions:  .EXR, .exr

                     Supported element types:
                       unsigned 32 bit, floating point 32 bit

       jpg       a 2dimage io plugin for jpeg gray scale images

                     Recognized file extensions:  .JPEG, .JPG, .jpeg, .jpg

                     Supported element types:
                       unsigned 8 bit

       png       a 2dimage io plugin for png images

                     Recognized file extensions:  .PNG, .png

                     Supported element types:
                       binary data, unsigned 8 bit, unsigned 16 bit

       raw       RAW 2D-image output support

                     Recognized file extensions:  .RAW, .raw

                     Supported element types:
                       binary data, signed 8 bit, unsigned 8 bit, signed 16 bit, unsigned 16 bit,
                       signed 32 bit, unsigned 32 bit, floating point 32 bit, floating  point  64
                       bit

       tif       TIFF 2D-image input/output support

                     Recognized file extensions:  .TIF, .TIFF, .tif, .tiff

                     Supported element types:
                       binary data, unsigned 8 bit, unsigned 16 bit, unsigned 32 bit

       vista     a 2dimage io plugin for vista images

                     Recognized file extensions:  .-, .V, .VISTA, .v, .vista

                     Supported element types:
                       binary data, signed 8 bit, unsigned 8 bit, signed 16 bit, unsigned 16 bit,
                       signed 32 bit, unsigned 32 bit, floating point 32 bit, floating  point  64
                       bit

PLUGINS: 2dimage/shape

       1n        A shape that only contains the central point

                     (no parameters)

       4n        4n neighborhood 2D shape

                     (no parameters)

       8n        8n neighborhood 2D shape

                     (no parameters)

       rectangle rectangle shape mask creator, supported parameters are:

                     fill = 1; bool
                       create a filled shape.

                     height = 2; int in [1, inf)
                       height of rectangle.

                     width = 2; int in [1, inf)
                       width of rectangle.

       sphere    Closed spherical neighborhood shape of radius r., supported parameters are:

                     r = 2; float in (0, inf)
                       sphere radius.

       square    square shape mask creator, supported parameters are:

                     fill = 1; bool
                       create a filled shape.

                     width = 2; int in [1, inf)
                       width of rectangle.

PLUGINS: 2dtransform/io

       bbs       Binary (non-portable) serialized IO of 2D transformations

                     Recognized file extensions:  .bbs

       datapool  Virtual IO to and from the internal data pool

                     Recognized file extensions:  .@

       vista     Vista storage of 2D transformations

                     Recognized file extensions:  .v2dt

       xml       XML serialized IO of 2D transformations

                     Recognized file extensions:  .x2dt

PLUGINS: generator/noise

       gauss     This  noise  generator creates random values that are distributed according to a
                 Gaussien  distribution  by  using  the  Box-Muller  transformation.,   supported
                 parameters are:

                     mu = 0; float
                       mean of distribution.

                     seed = 0; uint in [0, inf)
                       set random seed (0=init based on system time).

                     sigma = 1; float in (0, inf)
                       standard derivation of distribution.

       uniform   Uniform noise generator using C stdlib rand(), supported parameters are:

                     a = 0; float
                       lower bound if noise range.

                     b = 1; float
                       higher bound if noise range.

                     seed = 0; uint in [0, inf)
                       set random seed (0=init based on system time).

EXAMPLE

       Run  a 5-class segmentation over inpt image input.v and store the class probability images
       in cls.v.

       mia-2dsegment-fuzzyw -i input.v -a 5 -o cls.v

AUTHOR(s)

       Gert Wollny

COPYRIGHT

       This software is Copyright (c) 1999‐2015 Leipzig, Germany and  Madrid,  Spain.   It  comes
       with   ABSOLUTELY   NO  WARRANTY  and  you  may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU
       GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 (or later). For more information run the program with the
       option '--copyright'.