ImageDev

- Getting Started
- ImageDev Python
- ImageDev C#
- ImageDev C++
- Licensing Information
- Redistributable Files
- Processing
- Image Manipulation
- - Synthetic Images
  - - RandomImage2d
    - RandomImage3d
    - RandomGaussianImage2d
    - RandomGaussianImage3d
    - RadialFunctionImage2d
    - RadialFunctionImage3d
    - OrientedLinesImage2d
    - OrientedLinesImage3d
    - RandomSphereImage3d
    - BoxGridImage2d
    - BoxGridImage3d
    - WedgeMaskImage3d
    - PointSpreadFunctionImage3d
  - Image Editing
  - - ConvertImage
    - ResetImage
    - CopyImage
    - PasteImage2d
    - PasteImage3d
    - CropImage2d
    - CropImage3d
    - SampleImage2d
    - SampleImage3d
    - InterlaceFrames2d
    - DeinterlaceFrames2d
  - Stack Operations
  - - SequenceConcatenation
    - SequenceToMultispectral
    - SequenceToVolume
    - VolumeToSequence
    - MultispectralToSequence
    - GetSliceFromVolume3d
    - SetSliceToVolume3d
    - GetObliqueSliceFromVolume3d
    - ImageStackProjection3d
    - VolumeProjection3d
- Geometry And Matching
- - Geometric Transforms
  - - Shearing3d
    - TranslateImage2d
    - TranslateImage3d
    - Flip2d
    - Flip3d
    - FlipImage2d
    - FlipImage3d
    - TransposeImage2d
    - TransposeImage3d
    - SwapQuadrants
    - Rotate2d
    - Rotate3d
    - RotationGenerator3d
    - Resize2d
    - Resize3d
    - RescaleByFactor
    - RescaleImageByFactor
    - ResampleAffine2d
    - ResampleAffine3d
    - ResampleElastic2d
    - SurfaceUnfolding3d
  - Pattern Recognition
  - - BinaryCorrelation2d
    - CrossCorrelation2d
    - CorrelationByDifference2d
    - CorrelationBySignChange2d
  - Registration
  - - ImagePrealignment3d
    - AffineRegistration
    - ElasticRegistration2d
- Arithmetic And Logic
- - Arithmetical Operations
  - - AbsoluteValue
    - AbsoluteMaximumWithImage
    - ArithmeticOperationWithImage
    - ArithmeticOperationWithValue
    - BlendWithImage
    - BlendWithValue
    - DirectionalBlending2d
    - CombineByMask
    - ImageFormula
    - EigenDecomposition2d
    - EigenDecomposition3d
  - Logical Operations
  - - MaskImage
    - LogicalOperationWithImage
    - LogicalOperationWithValue
    - LogicalNot
    - InvertImage
    - BitShift
- Image Filtering
- - Grayscale Transforms
  - - RescaleIntensity
    - StackRescaleIntensity
    - MatchContrast
    - HistogramEqualization
    - Clahe2d
    - Clahe3d
    - AdaptiveHistogramEqualization
    - ApplyGrayscaleLut
    - BackgroundImage2d
    - RadialBackgroundImage2d
    - ShadingCorrection
    - Exponential
    - Logarithm
    - Square
    - SquareRoot
    - RingArtifactRemoval3d
    - BeamHardeningCorrection3d
  - Color Transforms
  - - ColorToLightness
    - GetColorChannel
    - ColorToGrayscale
    - GrayscaleToColor
    - ColorSpaceConversion
    - ColorAntialiasing2d
    - BayerToRgb2d
    - DecorrelationStretch2d
    - BlendAlphaChannelWithImage
    - BlendAlphaChannelWithValue
  - Smoothing And Denoising
  - - BoxFilter2d
    - BoxFilter3d
    - MedianFilter2d
    - MedianFilter3d
    - GaussianFilter2d
    - GaussianFilter3d
    - ExponentialFilter2d
    - RecursiveExponentialFilter2d
    - RecursiveExponentialFilter3d
    - NonLocalMeansFilter2d
    - NonLocalMeansFilter3d
    - CurvatureDrivenDiffusion
    - BilateralFilter2d
    - BilateralFilter3d
    - MajorityFilter2d
    - MajorityFilter3d
    - SigmaFilter2d
    - SigmaFilter3d
    - Despeckle2d
    - Despeckle3d
    - NagaoFilter2d
    - NagaoFilter3d
    - SnnFilter2d
    - SnnFilter3d
    - FlowInpainting
  - Sharpening
  - - Deblurring2d
    - Delineate2d
    - Delineate3d
    - UnsharpMasking2d
    - UnsharpMasking3d
    - Shade2d
    - RichardsonLucyDeconvolution
  - Texture Filters
  - - MeanFilter2d
    - MeanFilter3d
    - VarianceFilter2d
    - VarianceFilter3d
    - SkewnessFilter2d
    - SkewnessFilter3d
    - KurtosisFilter2d
    - KurtosisFilter3d
    - ContrastFilter2d
    - ContrastFilter3d
    - VariationFilter2d
    - VariationFilter3d
    - EnergyFilter2d
    - EnergyFilter3d
    - EntropyFilter2d
    - EntropyFilter3d
    - AutocorrelationFilter
    - LocalAutocorrelationFilter2d
    - ImageCurvature2d
    - ImageCurvature3d
    - StructureEnhancementFilter2d
    - StructureEnhancementFilter3d
    - ScaleSpaceLogFilter2d
    - ScaleSpaceLogFilter3d
  - Frequency Domain
  - - ComplexFft
    - ComplexFftInverse
    - ComplexCenteredFft
    - ComplexCenteredFftInverse
    - CartesianToPolar2d
    - PolarToCartesian2d
    - ConvolutionWithImage
    - ConvolutionWithImage2d
    - RadialFrequencyFilter2d
    - GaborFiltering2d
- Edge Detection
- - Gradient
  - - GradientOperator2d
    - GradientOperator3d
    - VectorToMagnitude2d
    - VectorToMagnitude3d
    - GradientVector2d
    - GradientVector3d
    - GradientMagnitude2d
    - GradientMagnitude3d
    - MorphologicalGradient2d
    - MorphologicalGradient3d
    - RadialGradientCentered2d
    - RadialGradientCentered3d
    - RadialGradientContour2d
    - RadialGradientContour3d
    - RadialGradientLabel2d
    - RadialGradientLabel3d
  - Laplacian
  - - DobFilter2d
    - DobFilter3d
    - MorphologicalLaplacian
    - RecursiveLaplacian2d
    - RecursiveLaplacian3d
  - Other Derivatives
  - - GaussianDerivative2d
    - GaussianDerivative3d
    - GaussianHessianMatrix2d
    - GaussianHessianMatrix3d
    - GaussianGradientTensor2d
    - GaussianGradientTensor3d
  - Edge Marking
  - - ImageLocalMaxima2d
    - ImageLocalMaxima3d
    - RidgeDetection
    - ZeroCrossings2d
    - DijkstraShortestPath2d
    - EigenvaluesToStructureness2d
    - EigenvaluesToStructureness3d
    - TensorVoting2d
    - CannyEdgeDetector2d
    - CannyEdgeDetector3d
- Image Segmentation
- - Binarization
  - - Thresholding
    - ThresholdingByCriterion
    - AutoThresholdingBright
    - AutoThresholdingDark
    - ColorThresholding
    - TopHat
    - FeatureAdaptiveThresholding
    - AdaptiveThresholding2d
    - AdaptiveThresholding3d
    - HysteresisThresholding
  - Labeling
  - - Labeling2d
    - Labeling3d
    - ReorderLabels
    - AssignLabel
    - AddObjectToLabel
    - GroupCloseLabelsl2d
  - Feature Selection
  - - KillBorder2d
    - KillBorder3d
    - RemoveSmallSpots
    - ObjectBoundaries
    - BinarySmoothing2d
    - BinarySmoothing3d
    - LabelInterfaces
  - Separating And Filling
  - - FillHoles2d
    - FillHoles3d
    - RemoveSmallHoles
    - FillImageBorder3d
    - ExpandLabelBoundaries
    - SeparateObjects
    - HExtremaWatershed
    - SeparateObjectsByBlock
    - HExtremaWatershedByBlock
    - ConvexHull2d
  - Region Growing
  - - MarkerBasedWatershed2d
    - MarkerBasedWatershed3d
    - MarkerBasedWatershedByBlock
    - MarkerBasedWatershedBasinsByBlock
    - ExpandLabelsOnBackground
    - FloodFillThreshold2d
    - FloodFillThreshold3d
    - Waterpixel
  - Computational Geometry
  - - PolylineResampler2d
    - PolylineResampler3d
    - PolylineExtrusion3d
    - SurfaceFitting3d
- Mathematical Morphology
- - Erosion And Dilation
  - - Erosion2d
    - Erosion3d
    - Dilation2d
    - Dilation3d
    - ErosionDisk2d
    - ErosionDisk3d
    - ErosionBall3d
    - DilationDisk2d
    - DilationDisk3d
    - DilationBall3d
    - ErosionLine2d
    - ErosionLine3d
    - DilationLine2d
    - DilationLine3d
    - ErosionColor2d
    - DilationColor2d
    - SelectiveErosion2d
    - SelectiveErosion3d
    - SelectiveDilation2d
    - SelectiveDilation3d
  - Opening And Closing
  - - Opening2d
    - Opening3d
    - Closing2d
    - Closing3d
    - OpeningDisk2d
    - OpeningDisk3d
    - OpeningBall3d
    - ClosingDisk2d
    - ClosingDisk3d
    - ClosingBall3d
    - OpeningLine2d
    - OpeningLine3d
    - ClosingLine2d
    - ClosingLine3d
    - OpeningLineMaximum
    - ClosingLineMinimum
    - OpeningColor2d
    - ClosingColor2d
    - OpeningByReconstruction2d
    - OpeningByReconstruction3d
    - ClosingByReconstruction2d
    - ClosingByReconstruction3d
    - OpeningDiskByReconstruction2d
    - OpeningBallByReconstruction3d
    - ClosingDiskByReconstruction2d
    - ClosingBallByReconstruction3d
    - SelectiveOpening2d
    - SelectiveOpening3d
    - SelectiveClosing2d
    - SelectiveClosing3d
  - Hit Or Miss And Skeleton
  - - Skeleton
    - Centerline3d
    - InfluenceZones
    - Centroid2d
    - EndPoints2d
    - EndPoints3d
    - Pruning2d
    - Pruning3d
    - IsolatedPoints2d
    - IsolatedPoints3d
    - TriplePoints2d
    - InteriorPoints2d
    - ApplyMorphologicalLut2d
    - ApplyMorphologicalLut3d
  - Geodesic Transformations
  - - ReconstructionFromMarkers2d
    - ReconstructionFromMarkers3d
    - GrayscaleReconstruction2d
    - GrayscaleReconstruction3d
    - GrayscaleFillHoles2d
    - GrayscaleFillHoles3d
    - HExtrema2d
    - HExtrema3d
    - RegionalExtrema2d
    - RegionalExtrema3d
    - UltimateErosion
  - Distance Maps
  - - DistanceMap2d
    - DistanceMap3d
    - EuclideanDistanceMap3d
    - EuclideanDistanceMap2d
    - GeodesicDistanceMap
    - ClosestBoundaryPoints2d
    - ClosestBoundaryPoints3d
    - TimeMap
    - LocalThicknessMap3d
    - GeodesicPropagation2d
    - GeodesicMaxima
    - GeodesicMinima
- Image Analysis
- - Image Measurements
  - - BinaryAnalysis
    - Area2d
    - Area3d
    - IntensityIntegral2d
    - IntensityIntegral3d
    - ObjectCount
    - DistanceMean2d
    - EulerNumber2d
    - EulerNumber3d
    - FractalDimension
    - CurvatureIntegrals3d
  - Image Statistics
  - - IntensityExtrema
    - IntensityStatistics
    - IntensityMaskedStatistics
    - IntensityHistogram
    - IntensityBinHistogram
    - AutoThresholdingValue
    - CompareImage
    - CompareValue
    - SimilarityMetricValue
    - SsimValue2d
    - SsimValue3d
    - RegionSimilarity
    - RadialIntensityProfile2d
    - RadialIntensityProfile3d
    - CylindricalIntensityProfile3d
    - RadialAutocorrelationProfile
    - Cooccurrence2d
    - MeasureGaussianNoise
    - LocalMaxima2d
    - LocalMaxima3d
    - PeakExtractor
    - LocalDensityMap2d
    - LocalDensityMap3d
    - SegmentationMetrics
  - Individual Measurements
  - - VolumeFractionByLabel
    - LabelCountByRegion
    - VolumeFractionByRegion
    - LabelAnalysis
    - LabelFiltering
    - LabelFilteringAnalysis
    - FilterAnalysis
    - MeasurementToImage
    - FilterByMeasurement
    - SieveLabeling
  - Moments And Orientations
  - - MomentsOfInertia2d
    - MomentsOfInertia3d
    - InertiaMoment2d
    - Eccentricity2d
    - OrientationMapFourier3d
    - OrientationMatchingFourier3d
  - Morphometry
  - - ObjectVolume
    - TotalImageVolume
    - ObjectBoundaryArea
    - TotalImageBoundaryArea
    - AverageObjectAreaPerSlice3d
    - AverageObjectCountPerSlice3d
    - ObjectImageRatio
    - ObjectSpecificSurface
    - ObjectSurfaceDensity
    - PorosityPercentage3d
    - FragmentationIndex
    - StructureModelIndex3d
    - AverageObjectThickness3d
    - AverageSpaceThickness3d
    - ObjectLinearDensity3d
    - DegreeOfAnisotropy
  - Propagation
  - - AxisPropagationBinary3d
    - AxisPropagationBinaryWithSeeds3d
    - AxisPropagationLabel3d
    - AxisPropagationLabelWithSeeds3d
    - AxisPropagationDistance3d
    - EstimateShortestPath3d
    - PercolationThreshold3d
    - AxisConnectivity3d
    - CentroidPathTortuosity3d
- Machine Learning
- - Classification
  - - AutoSegmentation3Phases
    - AutoIntensityClassification
    - SupervisedTextureClassification2d
    - SupervisedTextureClassification3d
    - TextureClassificationCreate
    - TextureClassificationTrain
    - TextureClassificationApply
  - Deep learning
  - - OnnxPredictionFiltering2d
    - OnnxPredictionFiltering3d
    - OnnxPredictionSegmentation2d
    - OnnxPredictionSegmentation3d
    - OnnxPredictionTwoOutputs2d
    - OnnxPredictionTwoOutputs3d
- Business Application
- - Dental
  - - DentalWallSegmentation3d
    - DentalMeshExtraction3d
    - DentalUnfolding3d
- IO
- - Image Data
  - - ReadVipImage
    - WriteVipImage
  - Algebraic Data
  - - ReadArrayXd
    - ReadArrayXi64
    - WriteArrayXd
    - WriteArrayXi64
  - Model
  - - ReadOnnxModel
- CUDA
- - Geometry And Matching
  - - CudaCrossCorrelation2d
    - CudaTemplateMatching3d
  - Image Filtering
  - - CudaBoxFilter2d
    - CudaMedianFilter2d
    - CudaGaussianFilter3d
    - CudaAdaptiveManifoldNlmFilter
  - Mathematical Morphology
  - - CudaErosion2d
    - CudaDilation2d
    - CudaOpening2d
    - CudaClosing2d
- Utilities
- Initialization
- Processing
- Syntax Check
- Visualization
- Data Object
- Image Data
- Kernels
- - MorphologicalKernel2d
  - MorphologicalKernel3d
  - MorphologicalLut2d
  - MorphologicalLut3d
- Model
- - TextureClassificationModel
  - OnnxModel
- Global Measurements
- - Image Measurements
  - - Area2dMsr
    - Area3dMsr
    - IntensityIntegral2dMsr
    - IntensityIntegral3dMsr
    - ObjectCountMsr
    - DistanceMeanMsr
    - Euler2dMsr
    - Euler3dMsr
    - FractalMsr
    - CurvatureIntegralsMsr
  - Image Statistics
  - - IntensityExtremaMsr
    - StatisticsMsr
    - IntensityHistogramMsr
    - IntensityBinHistogramMsr
    - CompareMsr
    - SimilarityMetricValueMsr
    - SsimValueMsr
    - RegionSimilarityMsr
    - SegmentationMetricsObjectMsr
    - SegmentationMetricsImageMsr
    - CylindricalIntensityProfileMsr
    - RadialIntensityProfileMsr
    - CorrelationMsr
    - CoocurrrenceMsr
    - GaussianNoiseMsr
    - LocalMaximaMsr
    - PeakExtractorMsr
  - Individual Measurements
  - - VolumeFractionByLabelMsr
    - LabelCountByRegionMsr
    - VolumeFractionByRegionMsr
  - Moments And Orientations
  - - MomentsOfInertia2dMsr
    - MomentsOfInertia3dMsr
    - MeanInertiaMomentMsr
    - Eccentricity2dMsr
    - LocalOrientation3dMsr
  - Morphometry
  - - ObjectVolumeMsr
    - ImageVolumeMsr
    - ObjectBoundaryAreaMsr
    - ImageBoundaryAreaMsr
    - AverageObjectAreaPerSliceMsr
    - AverageObjectCountPerSliceMsr
    - ObjectImageRatioMsr
    - ObjectSpecificSurfaceMsr
    - ObjectSurfaceDensityMsr
    - PorosityPercentageMsr
    - FragmentationMsr
    - StructureModelIndexMsr
    - AverageObjectThicknessMsr
    - AverageSpaceThicknessMsr
    - ObjectLinearDensityMsr
    - AnisotropyDegreeMsr
  - Propagation
  - - AxisPropagationBinary3dMsr
    - AxisPropagationLabel3dMsr
    - AxisPropagationDistance3dMsr
    - PercolationThreshold3dMsr
    - CentroidTortuosity3dMsr
  - Geometry And Matching
  - - CrossCorrelation2dMsr
  - Edge Detection
  - - CannyEdgeDetectorMsr
  - Image Segmentation
  - - AutoThresholdingMsr
    - AutoSegmentation3PhasesMsr
  - Mathematical Morphology
  - - ApplyMorphologicalLutMsr
- Analysis Measurements
- - AnalysisMsr
  - Measurement
  - Native Measurements
  - - Geometry
    - Feret
    - Intensity
    - Histogram
    - Inertia
    - Locate
    - Segment
    - Cooccurrence
  - CustomMeasurement
  - MeasurementAttributes
  - - Quantile
    - Histogram
    - Feret2d
    - Feret3d
    - NeighborCount
    - Cooccurrence
    - Breadth3d
  - MeasurementGroup
- Measurement Information
- - FieldInformation
  - CustomMeasurementInfo
- CUDA
- - CudaContext
- User Guide
- First Steps
- - Hello ImageDev
  - Initialize ImageDev
- Image Management
- - Create 2D Image
  - Create 3D Image
  - Data Transfer
- Standard Processing
- - Denoising
  - Thresholding
- Image Analysis
- - Global Analysis
  - Label Analysis
  - Measurement Browsing
  - Measurement Group
  - Custom Analysis
- Advanced Processing
- - Algorithm Tracking
- Typical Use Cases
- - Particle Analysis
  - Pore Analysis

# Shade2d

Provides a shadowing effect on a grayscale image.
Access to parameter description
For an introduction to image filters: see section Images Filtering.
This filter is actually a combination of the search of maxima and mean values.
The proposed algorithm is from S. Steinberg, and enhances some object edges in the image. It makes the assumption that:

- The light is coming on the object from the South-West, South, South-East and East sides of the image,
- The gray levels correspond to the height of the objects.

The shaded image shows the shadow of each object under these light conditions.
Note: Because the resulting image is forced to a signed type (containing positive and negative values), it must be visualized by adjusting the data range settings.
See also

- Deblurring2d

##
Function Syntax

This function returns outputImage.

    // Function prototype
    std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView >
    shade2d( std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > inputImage, std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > outputImage = nullptr );

This function returns outputImage.

    // Function prototype.
    shade_2d(input_image: idt.ImageType,
             output_image: idt.ImageType = None) -> idt.ImageType

This function returns outputImage.

    // Function prototype.
    public static IOLink.ImageView
    Shade2d( IOLink.ImageView inputImage, IOLink.ImageView outputImage = null );

##
Class Syntax

    // Command constructor.
    Shade2d();

    /// Gets the inputImage parameter.
    /// The input image.
    std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > inputImage() const;
    /// Sets the inputImage parameter.
    /// The input image.
    void setInputImage( std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > inputImage );

    /// Gets the outputImage parameter.
    /// The output image. Its dimensions are forced to the same values as the input. If the input data type is unsigned, it is switched to its signed counterpart.
    std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > outputImage() const;
    /// Sets the outputImage parameter.
    /// The output image. Its dimensions are forced to the same values as the input. If the input data type is unsigned, it is switched to its signed counterpart.
    void setOutputImage( std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > outputImage );

    // Method to launch the command.
    void execute();

    # Property of the inputImage parameter.
    Shade2d.input_image
    # Property of the outputImage parameter.
    Shade2d.output_image

    // Method to launch the command.
    execute()

    // Command constructor.
    Shade2d()

    // Property of the inputImage parameter.
    Shade2d.inputImage
    // Property of the outputImage parameter.
    Shade2d.outputImage

    // Method to launch the command.
    Execute()

## Parameters

Parameter Name | Description | Type | Supported Values | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| inputImage | The input image. | Image | Grayscale or Multispectral | nullptr
| outputImage | The output image. Its dimensions are forced to the same values as the input. If the input data type is unsigned, it is switched to its signed counterpart. | Image |  | nullptr

Parameter Name | Description | Type | Supported Values | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| input_image | The input image. | image | Grayscale or Multispectral | None
| output_image | The output image. Its dimensions are forced to the same values as the input. If the input data type is unsigned, it is switched to its signed counterpart. | image |  | None

Parameter Name | Description | Type | Supported Values | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| inputImage | The input image. | Image | Grayscale or Multispectral | null
| outputImage | The output image. Its dimensions are forced to the same values as the input. If the input data type is unsigned, it is switched to its signed counterpart. | Image |  | null

## Object Examples

    auto polystyrene = ioformat::readImage( std::string( IMAGEDEVDATA_IMAGES_FOLDER ) + "polystyrene.tif" );

    Shade2d shade2dAlgo;
    shade2dAlgo.setInputImage( polystyrene );
    shade2dAlgo.execute();

    std::cout << "outputImage:" << shade2dAlgo.outputImage()->toString();

    polystyrene = ioformat.read_image(imagedev_data.get_image_path("polystyrene.tif"))

    shade_2d_algo = imagedev.Shade2d()
    shade_2d_algo.input_image = polystyrene
    shade_2d_algo.execute()

    print("output_image:", str(shade_2d_algo.output_image))

    ImageView polystyrene = ViewIO.ReadImage( @"Data/images/polystyrene.tif" );

    Shade2d shade2dAlgo = new Shade2d
    {
        inputImage = polystyrene
    };
    shade2dAlgo.Execute();

    Console.WriteLine( "outputImage:" + shade2dAlgo.outputImage.ToString() );

## Function Examples

    auto polystyrene = ioformat::readImage( std::string( IMAGEDEVDATA_IMAGES_FOLDER ) + "polystyrene.tif" );

    auto result = shade2d( polystyrene );

    std::cout << "outputImage:" << result->toString();

    polystyrene = ioformat.read_image(imagedev_data.get_image_path("polystyrene.tif"))

    result = imagedev.shade_2d(polystyrene)

    print("output_image:", str(result))

    ImageView polystyrene = ViewIO.ReadImage( @"Data/images/polystyrene.tif" );

    IOLink.ImageView result = Processing.Shade2d( polystyrene );

    Console.WriteLine( "outputImage:" + result.ToString() );

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