GIPLImageReader.h

/*
 * Medical Image Registration ToolKit (MIRTK)
 *
 * Copyright 2008-2015 Imperial College London
 * Copyright 2008-2015 Daniel Rueckert, Julia Schnabel
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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#ifndef MIRTK_GIPLImageReader_H
#define MIRTK_GIPLImageReader_H

#include "mirtk/ImageReader.h"


namespace mirtk {


/**
 * Class for reading images in GIPL file format.
 *
 * This is a class which reads images in GIPL file format and converts them
 * into images. The GIPL file format is a file format for 3D images. It has
 * been used in Guy's Hospital as universal file format for medical images.
 * Supported voxel types are char, unsigned char, short and unsigned short,
 * int, unsigned int and float.
 */
class GIPLImageReader : public ImageReader
{
  mirtkObjectMacro(GIPLImageReader);

protected:

  /// Read header of GIPL file
  virtual void ReadHeader();

public:

  /// Returns whether file has correct header
  static bool CheckHeader(const char *);

  /// Check if this reader can read a given image file
  virtual bool CanRead(const char *) const;

};


} // namespace mirtk

#endif // MIRTK_GIPLImageReader_H