TypeComposer

MLModule

genre	NonScalar
author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	MLTypeSupport
definition	MLTypeSupport.def
see also	TypeDecomposer, TypeFromScalars, TypeFromDimension, Info, InterleaveDimension, TypeDecomposerN, TypeComposerN
keywords	decompose, separate, merge, bind, join, mix, connect, link, tie, pack, extended, carrier, datatype, complex, vector, matrix

Purpose

The module TypeComposer creates an output image with the same image and page extent as in input image0, and a data type selected in the parameter Output Type.

The components of the voxels of the output image are read from the corresponding voxels at the input image(s). The first component is read from input0, the second from input1, and so on. If a component from any of the inputs is not valid or out of range, it is filled with the default value for that component (normally 0).

It is a useful module to create images with user defined/extended data types from scalar input images.

Usage

Connect a number of input images, where the voxel value of each input image is encoded in a vector component of the output image. Use the same order as the components of the output voxel type.

For example, if the output image has complex components, then the first component (the real part) is read from the first input, and the second (the imaginary part) is read from the second input.

Details

Data from input images is always requested in the data type of the voxel component of the output which corresponds to the input connector, i.e., the input data of input n is cast to the type of the component n of the output type. This way, non-scalar information is lost.

Decompose the input image voxels with, e.g., a TypeDecomposer module if explicit voxel components shall be (re)composed to another type.

Tips

If you need to construct a type with more than 6 scalar values, use TypeComposerN instead.

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Input Fields

The images containing the components of the voxels for the output image have to be connected at the inputs.

Unused inputs can be left unconnected.

If inputs that specify components of the output voxels are left unconnected, those components are filled with component defaults.

input0

name: input0, type: Image

input1

name: input1, type: Image

input2

name: input2, type: Image

input3

name: input3, type: Image

input4

name: input4, type: Image

input5

name: input5, type: Image

Output Fields

The only output is for the image composed from the component values of the input images. Voxel components that were requested from invalid areas of input images (or where the corresponding input images were not connected) are filled with the default value specified for that component.

output0

name: output0, type: Image

Parameter Fields

Visible Fields

Output Type

name: outputType, type: Enum, default: double

Defines the output data type.

Values:

Title	Name
int8	int8
unsigned int8	unsigned int8
int16	int16
unsigned int16	unsigned int16
int32	int32
unsigned int32	unsigned int32
float	float
double	double
int64	int64
unsigned int64	unsigned int64
complexf	complexf
complexd	complexd
quaternionf	quaternionf
quaterniond	quaterniond
vec2	vec2
vec3	vec3
vec4	vec4
vec5	vec5
vec6	vec6
vec7	vec7
vec8	vec8
vec9	vec9
vec10	vec10
vec16	vec16
vec32	vec32
vec64	vec64
Vector2i8	Vector2i8
Vector2i16	Vector2i16
Vector2i32	Vector2i32
Vector2i64	Vector2i64
Vector3i8	Vector3i8
Vector3i16	Vector3i16
Vector3i32	Vector3i32
Vector3i64	Vector3i64
Vector4i8	Vector4i8
Vector4i16	Vector4i16
Vector4i32	Vector4i32
Vector4i64	Vector4i64
Vector5i8	Vector5i8
Vector5i16	Vector5i16
Vector5i32	Vector5i32
Vector5i64	Vector5i64
Vector6i8	Vector6i8
Vector6i16	Vector6i16
Vector6i32	Vector6i32
Vector6i64	Vector6i64
Vector7i8	Vector7i8
Vector7i16	Vector7i16
Vector7i32	Vector7i32
Vector7i64	Vector7i64
Vector8i8	Vector8i8
Vector8i16	Vector8i16
Vector8i32	Vector8i32
Vector8i64	Vector8i64
Vector9i8	Vector9i8
Vector9i16	Vector9i16
Vector9i32	Vector9i32
Vector9i64	Vector9i64
Vector10i8	Vector10i8
Vector10i16	Vector10i16
Vector10i32	Vector10i32
Vector10i64	Vector10i64
Vector16i8	Vector16i8
Vector16i16	Vector16i16
Vector16i32	Vector16i32
Vector16i64	Vector16i64
Vector32i8	Vector32i8
Vector32i16	Vector32i16
Vector32i32	Vector32i32
Vector32i64	Vector32i64
Vector64i8	Vector64i8
Vector64i16	Vector64i16
Vector64i32	Vector64i32
Vector64i64	Vector64i64
mat2	mat2
mat3	mat3
mat4	mat4
mat5	mat5
mat6	mat6
matf2	matf2
matf3	matf3
matf4	matf4
matf5	matf5
matf6	matf6
vecf2	vecf2
vecf3	vecf3
vecf4	vecf4
vecf5	vecf5
vecf6	vecf6
vecf7	vecf7
vecf8	vecf8
vecf9	vecf9
vecf10	vecf10
vecf16	vecf16
vecf32	vecf32
vecf64	vecf64