only 2D are also 3D?

From the itk::SLICImageFilter page:

The original algorithm was designed to cluster on the joint domain of the images index space and its CIELAB color space. This implementation works with images of arbitrary dimension as well as scalar, single channel, images and most multi-component image types including ITK's arbitrary length VectorImage.

So it should work for 2D and 3D.

In T29193#239962, @s349i wrote:

So it should work for 2D and 3D.

Thanks for the input! My text was missleading. I meant, if we want only have a tool that works on 2D (e.g. in conjunction with interpolation) or also an tool where you can paint superpixels in 3D.

Ah OK. Thats a decision above my pay grade.

In T29193#239964, @floca wrote:

In T29193#239962, @s349i wrote:

So it should work for 2D and 3D.

Thanks for the input! My text was missleading. I meant, if we want only have a tool that works on 2D (e.g. in conjunction with interpolation) or also an tool where you can paint superpixels in 3D.

Do you see some (dis-)advantages in one option or the other?
In general I think nowadays we could invest time and energy to get more (semi-)automatic 3D tools into MITK. As far as I understood, SLIC can also be used as a first step for other algorithms, so having it available for 2D and 3D makes sense?

One thing to consider might be, is SLIC even useful? If neural networks are going to be taking care of segmentation anyway, what is it's likely sell-by date? This depends on how quickly NN based segmentation algorithms are incorporated into MITK.

In T29193#240042, @kalali wrote:

Do you see some (dis-)advantages in one option or the other?

Per se, no. Was only 2 thoughts:

• I think it depends on the performance of the SLIC filter. If 3D has a good performance for the proposed interaction (see task description) I am fine.
• I was not sure if people will realy use it in 3D, as the would have to constantly scroll through slices to ensure that the 3D superpixels are everywhere correct enough.

In T29193#240043, @s349i wrote:

One thing to consider might be, is SLIC even useful? If neural networks are going to be taking care of segmentation anyway, what is it's likely sell-by date? This depends on how quickly NN based segmentation algorithms are incorporated into MITK.

It is a point. In the end I think it depends on the cost.

For now I would tend to make it from the structure quite simelar to the way the reworked Paint/Wipe is done (not for contours, but the logic of having an addional slice where you interact with and wich is then merged into the seg after the mous button is released) (thus only for inteactive 2D). I think the costs there are minimal as we have a template and there the benefits are the largest (so this would be the best cost to benefit ratio.