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//  Copyright 1997-2010 Torsten Rohlfing
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#ifndef __cmtkUniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators_h_included_
#define __cmtkUniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators_h_included_

#include <cmtkconfig.h>

#include <System/cmtkCannotBeCopied.h>
#include <Base/cmtkUniformVolume.h>

namespace
cmtk
{

/** \addtogroup Base */
//@{

/** Morphological operators acting on a 3D volume with known grid spacings.
 * This class provides implementations of morphological operators that take into account
 * the spacing of grid points (i.e., pixel size). These operators may be preferable to the
 * ones in cmtk::DataGridMorphologicalOperators in cases where the data grid is anisotropic.
 */
class UniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators :
  /// Prevent copying by inheritance.
  private CannotBeCopied 
{
public:
  /// This class.
  typedef UniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators Self;

  /// Constructor: link to UniformVolume object.
  UniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators( const UniformVolume::SmartConstPtr& uniformVolume );

  /// Get data after erosion operator using the Euclidean distance transform.
  TypedArray::SmartPtr GetErodedByDistance( const Types::Coordinate erodeBy /*!< Erosion distance. */ ) const;
  
  /// Get data after dilation operator using the Euclidean distance transform.
  TypedArray::SmartPtr GetDilatedByDistance( const Types::Coordinate dilateBy /*!< Dilation distance. */ ) const;

private:
  /// The UniformVolume object we're working on.
  UniformVolume::SmartConstPtr m_UniformVolume;
};

} // namespace cmtk

#endif // #ifndef __cmtkUniformVolumeMorphologicalOperators_h_included_
