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mitk::SourceImageRelationRule Class Reference

Relation rule for referencing an image as the source of a destination entity. More...

#include <mitkSourceImageRelationRule.h>

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Public Types

using RuleIDType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::RuleIDType
 
using RelationUIDType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::RelationUIDType
 
using RelationUIDVectorType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::RelationUIDVectorType
 
- Public Types inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
enum class  RelationType { None , Data , ID , Complete }
 
using RuleIDType = std::string
 
using RelationUIDType = Identifiable::UIDType
 
using RelationUIDVectorType = std::vector< RelationUIDType >
 
using RelationVectorType = std::vector< RelationType >
 
using InstanceIDType = std::string
 

Public Member Functions

 mitkClassMacro (SourceImageRelationRule, PropertyRelationRuleBase)
 
 mitkNewMacro1Param (Self, const RuleIDType &)
 
 mitkNewMacro2Param (Self, const RuleIDType &, const std::string &)
 
 mitkNewMacro4Param (Self, const RuleIDType &, const std::string &, const std::string &, const std::string &)
 
RuleIDType GetRuleID () const override
 Return an ID string that identifies the rule class. More...
 
bool IsAbstract () const override
 Return whether this rule is abstract (i.e. has no purpose tag). More...
 
std::string GetDisplayName () const override
 Return a human-readable string describing the rule. Does not need to be unique. More...
 
std::string GetSourceRoleName () const override
 Return a human-readable string describing the role of a source in the context of this rule. More...
 
std::string GetDestinationRoleName () const override
 Return a human-readable string describing the role of a destination in the context of this rule. More...
 
bool IsDestinationCandidate (const IPropertyProvider *owner) const override
 Check whether the given property provider qualifies as a destination for this rule. More...
 
RelationUIDType Connect (Image *source, const Image *destination) const
 Connect two images using this relation rule. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
 mitkClassMacroItkParent (PropertyRelationRuleBase, itk::Object)
 
Pointer Clone () const
 
 itkCreateAnotherMacro (Self)
 
virtual bool IsSourceCandidate (const IPropertyProvider *owner) const
 
bool IsSource (const IPropertyProvider *owner) const
 
RelationVectorType GetRelationTypes (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 
bool HasRelation (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination, RelationType requiredRelation=RelationType::None) const
 
RelationUIDVectorType GetExistingRelations (const IPropertyProvider *source, RelationType layer=RelationType::None) const
 
RelationUIDVectorType GetRelationUIDs (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 
RelationUIDType GetRelationUID (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetSourceCandidateIndicator () const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetDestinationCandidateIndicator () const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetConnectedSourcesDetector () const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetSourcesDetector (const IPropertyProvider *destination, RelationType exclusiveRelation=RelationType::None) const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetDestinationsDetector (const IPropertyProvider *source, RelationType exclusiveRelation=RelationType::None) const
 
NodePredicateBase::ConstPointer GetDestinationDetector (const IPropertyProvider *source, RelationUIDType relationUID) const
 
void Disconnect (IPropertyOwner *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination, RelationType layer=RelationType::Complete) const
 
void Disconnect (IPropertyOwner *source, RelationUIDType relationUID, RelationType layer=RelationType::Complete) const
 
std::vector< PropertyKeyPath > GetRelationPropertyPaths (const IPropertyProvider *source, RelationUIDType relationUID, RelationType layer=RelationType::Data) const
 Get all property key paths relevant for a given relation. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static Pointer New ()
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
static PropertyKeyPath GetRootKeyPath ()
 
static PropertyKeyPath GetRIIPropertyKeyPath (const std::string propName, const InstanceIDType &instanceID)
 
static PropertyKeyPath GetRIIRelationUIDPropertyKeyPath (const InstanceIDType &instanceID="")
 
static PropertyKeyPath GetRIIRuleIDPropertyKeyPath (const InstanceIDType &instanceID="")
 
static PropertyKeyPath GetRIIDestinationUIDPropertyKeyPath (const InstanceIDType &instanceID="")
 

Protected Types

using InstanceIDType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::InstanceIDType
 
using InstanceIDVectorType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::InstanceIDVectorType
 
using DataRelationUIDVectorType = PropertyRelationRuleBase::DataRelationUIDVectorType
 
- Protected Types inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
using InstanceIDVectorType = std::vector< InstanceIDType >
 
using DataRelationUIDVectorType = std::vector< std::pair< RelationUIDType, RuleIDType > >
 

Protected Member Functions

 SourceImageRelationRule ()
 Default constructor. Creates an abstract rule with no purpose tag. More...
 
 SourceImageRelationRule (const RuleIDType &purposeTag)
 Construct a rule with a specific purpose tag. More...
 
 SourceImageRelationRule (const RuleIDType &purposeTag, const std::string &displayName)
 Construct a rule with a purpose tag and display name. More...
 
 SourceImageRelationRule (const RuleIDType &purposeTag, const std::string &displayName, const std::string &sourceRole, const std::string &destinationRole)
 Construct a rule with all customizable parameters. More...
 
 ~SourceImageRelationRule () override=default
 
std::vector< std::pair< size_t, std::string > > GetReferenceSequenceIndices (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination=nullptr, InstanceIDVectorType ignoreInstances={}) const
 Get reference sequence indices from the DICOM Source Image Sequence (0008,2112). More...
 
virtual DataRelationUIDVectorType GetRelationUIDs_DataLayer (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination, const InstanceIDVectorType &instances_IDLayer) const override
 
void Connect_datalayer (IPropertyOwner *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination, const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const override
 
void Disconnect_datalayer (IPropertyOwner *source, const RelationUIDType &relationUID) const override
 
bool IsSupportedRuleID (const RuleIDType &ruleID) const override
 
 SourceImageRelationRule (const SourceImageRelationRule &other)
 
 mitkCloneMacro (Self)
 
PropertyKeyPath::ItemSelectionIndex CreateNewSourceImageSequenceItem (IPropertyOwner *source) const
 Prepare a new reference to an image on the data layer. More...
 
std::string GenerateRuleID (const std::string &purpose) const
 Generate a rule ID string from the given purpose tag. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
 PropertyRelationRuleBase ()=default
 
 PropertyRelationRuleBase (const PropertyRelationRuleBase &)
 
 ~PropertyRelationRuleBase () override=default
 
InstanceIDVectorType GetInstanceID_IDLayer (const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 
RelationUIDType GetRelationUIDByInstanceID (const IPropertyProvider *source, const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const
 
InstanceIDType GetInstanceIDByRelationUID (const IPropertyProvider *source, const RelationUIDType &relationUID) const
 
RelationUIDType Connect (IPropertyOwner *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 
std::string GetRIIPropertyRegEx (const std::string propName="", const InstanceIDType &instanceID="") const
 
RuleIDType GetRuleIDByInstanceID (const IPropertyProvider *source, const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const
 
std::string GetDestinationUIDByInstanceID (const IPropertyProvider *source, const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const
 
const Identifiable * CastProviderAsIdentifiable (const mitk::IPropertyProvider *provider) const
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase
static InstanceIDType NULL_INSTANCE_ID ()
 
static InstanceIDType GetInstanceIDByPropertyName (const std::string propName)
 
static std::vector< std::string > GetPropertyKeys (const IPropertyProvider *owner)
 

Detailed Description

Relation rule for referencing an image as the source of a destination entity.

This rule class can be used for relations that reference an image as source for a destination entity (e.g. an image that is used to generate the relation source).

The ID-layer is supported like for GenericIDRelations, so it can be used for all ID-based relations between PropertyProviders that also implement the Identifiable interface.

In addition, the rule uses the data-layer to deduce/define relations. For this layer it uses properties compliant to DICOM. Thus (1) the information is stored in a DICOM Source Image Sequence item (0x0008,0x2112) and (2) the destination must have properties DICOM SOP Instance UID (0x0008,0x0018) and DICOM SOP Class UID (0x0008,0x0016). If the destination does not have these properties, no connection can be made on the data-layer.

Remarks
PropertyRelationRules and DICOM use the term "source" differently. The DICOM source (image) equals the PropertyRelationRule destination. This is due to an inverted relation direction. In the context of this rule interface, derived data is the source and points to the original image it derives from. In DICOM, this referenced original image would be called the source image (as the name of this class suggests).

In order to use this class for different relation types (DICOM would call them purposes), the purposeTag is used. It must be specified when creating a rule instance. The purposeTag will be used as suffix for the rule ID and therefore allows creating specific and distinguishable rule instances based on this class.

One may also specify the display name and the role names of the instance. If not specified, the default values are used (display name: "<purposeTag> relation", source role name: "derived data", destination role name: "source image").

See also
PropertyRelationRuleBase
GenericIDRelationRule

Definition at line 53 of file mitkSourceImageRelationRule.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ DataRelationUIDVectorType

◆ InstanceIDType

◆ InstanceIDVectorType

◆ RelationUIDType

◆ RelationUIDVectorType

◆ RuleIDType

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SourceImageRelationRule() [1/5]

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::SourceImageRelationRule ( )
protected

Default constructor. Creates an abstract rule with no purpose tag.

◆ SourceImageRelationRule() [2/5]

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::SourceImageRelationRule ( const RuleIDType &  purposeTag)
protected

Construct a rule with a specific purpose tag.

Parameters
[in]purposeTagThe purpose tag used as suffix for the rule ID.

◆ SourceImageRelationRule() [3/5]

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::SourceImageRelationRule ( const RuleIDType &  purposeTag,
const std::string &  displayName 
)
protected

Construct a rule with a purpose tag and display name.

Parameters
[in]purposeTagThe purpose tag used as suffix for the rule ID.
[in]displayNameHuman-readable name for the rule.

◆ SourceImageRelationRule() [4/5]

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::SourceImageRelationRule ( const RuleIDType &  purposeTag,
const std::string &  displayName,
const std::string &  sourceRole,
const std::string &  destinationRole 
)
protected

Construct a rule with all customizable parameters.

Parameters
[in]purposeTagThe purpose tag used as suffix for the rule ID.
[in]displayNameHuman-readable name for the rule.
[in]sourceRoleHuman-readable name for the source role.
[in]destinationRoleHuman-readable name for the destination role.

◆ ~SourceImageRelationRule()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::~SourceImageRelationRule ( )
overrideprotecteddefault

◆ SourceImageRelationRule() [5/5]

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::SourceImageRelationRule ( const SourceImageRelationRule &  other)
protected

Member Function Documentation

◆ Connect()

RelationUIDType mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::Connect ( Image *  source,
const Image *  destination 
) const

Connect two images using this relation rule.

Remarks
The destination must specify DICOM SOP Instance UID (0x0008,0x0018) and DICOM SOP Class UID (0x0008,0x0016) in order to establish a connection on the data layer.
Parameters
[in]sourceThe derived image (relation source).
[in]destinationThe original image (relation destination / DICOM source image).
Returns
The UID of the newly created relation.

◆ Connect_datalayer()

void mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::Connect_datalayer ( IPropertyOwner *  source,
const IPropertyProvider *  destination,
const InstanceIDType &  instanceID 
) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

Is called by Connect() to ensure that source has correctly set properties to resemble the relation on the data layer. This means that the method should set the properties that describe and encode the relation on the data layer (data-layer-specific relation properties). If the passed instance are already connected, the old settings should be overwritten. Connect() will ensure that source and destination are valid pointers.

Parameters
source
destination
instanceIDis the ID for the relation instance that should be connected. Existence of the relation instance is ensured.
Precondition
source must be a valid instance.
destination must be a valid instance.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

Reimplemented in mitk::SegSourceImageRelationRule.

◆ CreateNewSourceImageSequenceItem()

PropertyKeyPath::ItemSelectionIndex mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::CreateNewSourceImageSequenceItem ( IPropertyOwner *  source) const
protected

Prepare a new reference to an image on the data layer.

Generates an unused and valid sequence item index for the passed source and sets a relationUID property to block the instance ID. The instance ID is returned.

Remarks
This method is guarded by a class-wide mutex to avoid race conditions when rules are used concurrently.

◆ Disconnect_datalayer()

void mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::Disconnect_datalayer ( IPropertyOwner *  source,
const RelationUIDType &  relationUID 
) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

This method is called by Disconnect() to remove all properties of the relation from the source that are set by Connect_datalayer().

Remarks
This method should remove all properties that are set for a specific relation by Connect_datalayer(...). If the relationUID is not part of the source, nothing will be changed. Disconnect() ensures that source is a valid pointer if called.
Disconnect() ensures that source is valid and only invokes if instance exists.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

Reimplemented in mitk::SegSourceImageRelationRule, and mitk::ModelFitResultRelationRule.

◆ GenerateRuleID()

std::string mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GenerateRuleID ( const std::string &  purpose) const
protected

Generate a rule ID string from the given purpose tag.

◆ GetDestinationRoleName()

std::string mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetDestinationRoleName ( ) const
overridevirtual

Return a human-readable string describing the role of a destination in the context of this rule.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ GetDisplayName()

std::string mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetDisplayName ( ) const
overridevirtual

Return a human-readable string describing the rule. Does not need to be unique.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ GetReferenceSequenceIndices()

std::vector<std::pair<size_t, std::string> > mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetReferenceSequenceIndices ( const IPropertyProvider *  source,
const IPropertyProvider *  destination = nullptr,
InstanceIDVectorType  ignoreInstances = {} 
) const
protected

Get reference sequence indices from the DICOM Source Image Sequence (0008,2112).

Returns a vector of (sequence index, ruleID) pairs that refer to the given destination (or all if no destination is passed), have a supported RuleID, and are not already covered by ignoreInstances.

◆ GetRelationUIDs_DataLayer()

virtual DataRelationUIDVectorType mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetRelationUIDs_DataLayer ( const IPropertyProvider *  source,
const IPropertyProvider *  destination,
const InstanceIDVectorType &  instances_IDLayer 
) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

Returns the RelationUIDs of all relations that are defined by the data layer of source for this rule instance and, if defined, destination. If the passed source (and destination) instance has no relation on the data layer, an empty vector will be returned.

Remarks
Per definition for property relation rules only 0 or 1 instance should be found for one provider pair and concrete rule. But there might be more then one instance because either 1) the rule is abstract and supports multiple rule IDs or 2) the data layer may be ambiguous (e.g. because the destination was not specified) and therefore multiple relation instances of the rule instance could match. The implementation of this function should report all relation instances. The calling function will take care.
Parameters
source
destinationDestination the find relations should point to. If destination is NULL any relation on the data layer for this rule and source are wanted.
instances_IDLayerList of relation instances that are already defined by the ID layer. The implementation of this function should only cover relations that are not already resembled in the passed relarions_IDLayer.
Precondition
source must be a pointer to a valid IPropertyProvider instance.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

Reimplemented in mitk::ModelFitResultRelationRule.

◆ GetRuleID()

RuleIDType mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetRuleID ( ) const
overridevirtual

Return an ID string that identifies the rule class.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ GetSourceRoleName()

std::string mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::GetSourceRoleName ( ) const
overridevirtual

Return a human-readable string describing the role of a source in the context of this rule.

Implements mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ IsAbstract()

bool mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::IsAbstract ( ) const
overridevirtual

Return whether this rule is abstract (i.e. has no purpose tag).

Reimplemented from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ IsDestinationCandidate()

bool mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::IsDestinationCandidate ( const IPropertyProvider *  owner) const
overridevirtual

Check whether the given property provider qualifies as a destination for this rule.

Reimplemented from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

Reimplemented in mitk::ModelFitResultRelationRule.

◆ IsSupportedRuleID()

bool mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::IsSupportedRuleID ( const RuleIDType &  ruleID) const
overrideprotectedvirtual

Returns if the passed rule ID is supported/relevant for the rule. Either because it is the very ID of the rule (default implementation) or because it is an abstract rule which also supports the rule ID.

Returns
true: If the rule ID can handle the rule ID. false: the rule does not support the rule ID.

Reimplemented from mitk::PropertyRelationRuleBase.

◆ mitkClassMacro()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::mitkClassMacro ( SourceImageRelationRule  ,
PropertyRelationRuleBase   
)

◆ mitkCloneMacro()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::mitkCloneMacro ( Self  )
protected

◆ mitkNewMacro1Param()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::mitkNewMacro1Param ( Self  ,
const RuleIDType &   
)

◆ mitkNewMacro2Param()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::mitkNewMacro2Param ( Self  ,
const RuleIDType &  ,
const std::string &   
)

◆ mitkNewMacro4Param()

mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::mitkNewMacro4Param ( Self  ,
const RuleIDType &  ,
const std::string &  ,
const std::string &  ,
const std::string &   
)

◆ New()

static Pointer mitk::SourceImageRelationRule::New ( )
static

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