L_GWireGetMinPath

#include "Ltimgcor.h"

L_LTIMGCOR_API L_INT L_GWireGetMinPath(hGWire, ptTarget, pOutPath, nOutLength)

Constructs a minimal path from the seed point to the target point and returns a pointer of L_POINT values that represents that path.

Parameters

GWIREHANDLE hGWire

GWire handle.

L_POINT ptTarget

Point structure that represents the end of minimal path.

L_POINT ** pOutPath

Pointer of a pointer to L_POINT values that represent the points along the minimal path.

L_INT* nOutLength

The length of the minimal path.

Returns

Value Meaning
SUCCESS The function was successful.
< 1 An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

This function is useful for extracting objects from an image. It works by constructing a minimal path between two input points (the seed point and the target point) that follows the edges of the image's objects. The minimal paths that are returned can be used to create a region covering the object of interest.

Call L_GWireInit and L_GWireSetSeedPoint before calling this function.

Free the path generated by this function by calling the L_FreeGWirePath function.

If the image contains a region the region is ignored. The GWire algorithm works on the entire image.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Win32, x64.

Example

This example loads a bitmap and applies G-Wire segmentation.

L_VOID FreeGWireData(L_INT SeedPointsCount, L_POINT* PathsBuf[], GWIREHANDLE* pHGWire) 
{ 
    for (int j = 0 ; j < SeedPointsCount ; j++) 
    { 
        L_FreeGWirePath(PathsBuf[j]); 
    } 
 
    L_DestroyGWireHandle(*pHGWire); 
} 
 
L_INT GWireExample(L_VOID) 
{ 
    L_INT nRet; 
    BITMAPHANDLE LeadBitmap;   /* Bitmap handle to hold the loaded image. */ 
 
    /* Load the bitmap, keeping the bits per pixel of the file */ 
    nRet = L_LoadBitmap (MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(TEXT("IMAGE3.dcm")), &LeadBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), 0, ORDER_BGR, NULL, NULL); 
    if(nRet != SUCCESS) 
        return nRet ; 
 
    GWIREHANDLE HGWire ; 
    L_INT       nExternalEnergy               = 90 ; 
    const L_INT SeedPointsCount               = 9 ; 
    L_POINT*    pOutPath[SeedPointsCount]     = {} ; 
    L_INT       pOutLength[SeedPointsCount]   = {} ; 
    L_POINT     SeedPoints[SeedPointsCount+1] ; 
    L_INT       length                        = 0 ; 
 
    nRet = L_GWireInit(&LeadBitmap, &HGWire, nExternalEnergy); 
    if (nRet != SUCCESS) 
        return nRet ; 
 
    SeedPoints[0].x = 200 ; SeedPoints[0].y = 163 ; 
    SeedPoints[1].x = 245 ; SeedPoints[1].y = 195 ; 
    SeedPoints[2].x = 289 ; SeedPoints[2].y = 163 ; 
    SeedPoints[3].x = 282 ; SeedPoints[3].y = 188 ; 
    SeedPoints[4].x = 304 ; SeedPoints[4].y = 314 ; 
    SeedPoints[5].x = 247 ; SeedPoints[5].y = 271 ; 
    SeedPoints[6].x = 201 ; SeedPoints[6].y = 315 ; 
    SeedPoints[7].x = 228 ; SeedPoints[7].y = 199 ; 
    SeedPoints[8].x = 199 ; SeedPoints[8].y = 175 ; 
    SeedPoints[9].x = 200 ; SeedPoints[9].y = 163 ; 
 
    // Loop over the list of SeedPoints to get the minimum path between each set of two points. 
    // And add the minimum path between the two points to the AllPaths List. 
    for (int index = 0 ; index < SeedPointsCount ; index++ ) 
    { 
        // Set the seed point. 
        nRet = L_GWireSetSeedPoint(HGWire, SeedPoints[index]) ; 
 
        // Get the minimum path from the seed point to the target point. 
        if(nRet == SUCCESS) 
        { 
            nRet = L_GWireGetMinPath(HGWire, SeedPoints[index+1], &(pOutPath[index]), &(pOutLength[index])) ; 
            length += pOutLength[index] ; 
        } 
 
        if(nRet != SUCCESS) 
        { 
            FreeGWireData(SeedPointsCount, pOutPath, &HGWire); 
 
            if(LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) 
                L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap); 
 
            return nRet ; 
        } 
    } 
 
    L_POINT* pCombinedPaths = (L_POINT*) malloc((length)*sizeof(L_POINT)); 
    if(pCombinedPaths == NULL) 
    { 
        FreeGWireData(SeedPointsCount, pOutPath, &HGWire); 
 
        if(LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) 
            L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap); 
 
        return ERROR_NO_MEMORY; 
    } 
 
    L_INT outIdx = 0 ; 
    for(L_INT index = 0 ; index < 9 ; index++ ) 
    { 
        memcpy(pCombinedPaths+outIdx, pOutPath[index], sizeof(L_POINT)*pOutLength[index]) ; 
        outIdx += pOutLength[index] ; 
    } 
 
    FreeGWireData(SeedPointsCount, pOutPath, &HGWire) ; 
 
    nRet = L_SetBitmapRgnPolygon(&LeadBitmap, NULL, pCombinedPaths, length, L_POLY_WINDING, L_RGN_SET); 
 
    free(pCombinedPaths) ; 
 
    if(nRet == SUCCESS) 
        nRet = L_SaveBitmap(MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(TEXT("Result.BMP")), &LeadBitmap, FILE_BMP, 24, 0, NULL) ; 
 
    //free bitmap 
    if(LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) 
        L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap) ; 
 
    return nRet ; 
} 

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