vtkEncodedGradientEstimator

Section: Visualization Toolkit Volume Rendering Classes

Usage

vtkEncodedGradientEstimator is an abstract superclass for gradient estimation. It takes a scalar input of vtkImageData, computes a gradient value for every point, and encodes this value into a three byte value (2 for direction, 1 for magnitude) using the vtkDirectionEncoder. The direction encoder is defaulted to a vtkRecursiveSphereDirectionEncoder, but can be overridden with the SetDirectionEncoder method. The scale and the bias values for the gradient magnitude are used to convert it into a one byte value according to v = m*scale + bias where m is the magnitude and v is the resulting one byte value.

To create an instance of class vtkEncodedGradientEstimator, simply invoke its constructor as follows

  obj = vtkEncodedGradientEstimator

Methods

The class vtkEncodedGradientEstimator has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkEncodedGradientEstimator class.