Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit  2025.08.99-f7084adb
Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit
MitkMapImage User Guide

Overview

This tool maps a medical image or segmentation into a target geometry using an optional registration file and image interpolation method. It supports optional output geometry templates, padding, and super-sampling.

Usage

MitkMapImage -i <inputImage> -o <outputImage> [options]

Required Arguments

Argument Short Type Description
--input -i File Input image file to be mapped
--output -o File Output path for the mapped image

Optional Arguments

Argument Short Type Description
--registration -r File Path to registration file (default: identity)
--template -t File Reference image that defines output geometry (default: input geometry)
--interpolator -n Integer Interpolation type (default: 2)
1: Nearest Neighbour
2: Linear
3: BSpline3
4: WSinc Hamming
5: WSinc Welch
--padding -p Float Padding value for unmapped voxels (default: 0.0)
--super-sampling -s List Super-sampling factor(s): 1 or 3 values allowed
--help -h Flag Print help information and exit

Examples

Map an image using a registration and reference image

MitkMapImage -i fixedImage.nii -r deformableReg.mapr -t refImage.nii -o outputImage.nii

Map using identity (no registration) and linear interpolation (default)

MitkMapImage -i input.nii -o output.nii

Use BSpline interpolation and pad unmapped voxels with -1000

MitkMapImage -i input.nii -o output.nii -r reg.mapr -n 3 -p -1000

Apply super-sampling (doubles resolution isotropically)

MitkMapImage -i input.nii -o output.nii -s 2

Anisotropic super-sampling

MitkMapImage -i input.nii -o output.nii -s 2 2 1

🔍 Notes

  • Tool does also support mapping of dynamic data (e.g. 3D+t images).
  • Supports both standard images and multi-label segmentations.
  • If the registration file is missing, an identity transform is used.
  • Super-sampling must either provide one value (isotropic) or three (for x, y, z).
  • If mapping a segmentation, the interpolaiton option will be ignored. Nearest neighbour will always be used.