DI - Dilate (enlarge) object in a binary image/volume

PURPOSE

Dilates (enlarges) object in a binary input image/volume.   Example.

SEE ALSO

EC CL	[Extract Connected Clusters]
ER	[Erode object in a binary image/volume]
DI NF	[Dilate an object - do not fuse objects]
TH F	[Threshold - Set pixels above/below Threshold to Fixed value]

USAGE

.OPERATION: DI

.INPUT FILE: VOL001
[Enter the name of the input file.]

.OUTPUT FILE: VOL002
[Enter name for output file.]

.BOX OR CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD (B/C): C
[Shape of neighborhood. Box is a square/cube centered on each voxel, cross is a 2/3-dimensional cross centered on each voxel.]

.LENGTH OF NEIGHBORHOOD: 3
[Length of the total neighborhood around a voxel. (Should be an odd number > 1).]

.DILATE IF NUMBER OF OCCUPIED NEIGHBORS IS >= TO: 1
[Voxel will be set to 1.0 if it has at least this many occupied neighbors. Fine tuning of this parameter will affect dilation of spikes from an object, etc.]

NOTES

1. Requires a "binary" input image/volume with voxels having either zero or one. Various 'TH' operations can be used to create a binary image. Pixels/voxels having a density > 0.0 are considered occupied. Dilated areas are set to value of one.

2. Image/volume is "circularly closed" so that pixels/voxels on boundaries have a neighbor on opposite boundary.

3. A dilation only increses the size by a shell of 1 pixel/voxel. This operation can be applied in series to enlarge an object by a shell > 1 pixel/voxel.

SUBROUTINES

DILATION

CALLER

UTIL3