File Formats

breastCrop requires as input a compressed breast phantom file and corresponding .mhd header. The output is a cropped phantom file and corresponding header. In the following filename descriptions nnnnnnnn represents the seed number specified as a command line option to breastCrop.

Input Files

The breastCrop input files are created using breastCompress. breastCrop expects the following files to be present in the input directory specified on the command line:

pc_nnnnnnnn.raw.gz

The raw compressed phantom volume stored as 8-bit unsigned integers in a gzip archive. There is no file header.

pc_nnnnnnnn.mhd

A metaImage header file containing information about the phantom data stored in the file pc_nnnnnnnn.raw.gz

Output Files

Final output file have formats indentical to the input files with suffix _crop to designate they represent a cropped phantom

pc_nnnnnnnn_crop.raw.gz

The raw croppeded phantom volume stored as 8-bit unsigned integers in a gzip archive.

pc_nnnnnnnn_crop.mhd

A metaImage header file containing information about the phantom data stored in the file pc_nnnnnnnn_crop.raw.gz

Note

The input phantom will likely have an associated TDLU location file pc_nnnnnnnn.loc. The locations provided are physical coordinates, not voxel indicies, therefore no translation of the .loc file is required for use with the cropped version of the phantom.