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-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// RTToolbox - DKFZ radiotherapy quantitative evaluation library
-//
-// Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),
-// Software development for Integrated Diagnostics and Therapy (SIDT).
-// ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
-// See rttbCopyright.txt or
-// http://www.dkfz.de/en/sidt/projects/rttb/copyright.html [^]
-//
-// This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
-// the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-// PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
-//
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/*!
-// @file
-// @version $Revision$ (last changed revision)
-// @date $Date$ (last change date)
-// @author $Author$ (last changed by)
-*/
-
-// this file defines the rttbCoreTests for the test driver
-// and all it expects is that you have a function called RegisterTests
-
-#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
-#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-
-#include <iomanip>
-
-#include "litCheckMacros.h"
-
-#include "rttbBaseType.h"
-#include "rttbDVHCalculator.h"
-#include "rttbGenericMaskedDoseIterator.h"
-#include "rttbGenericDoseIterator.h"
-#include "rttbNullPointerException.h"
-#include "rttbDicomDoseAccessor.h"
-#include "rttbDicomFileDoseAccessorGenerator.h"
-#include "rttbDicomFileStructureSetGenerator.h"
-#include "rttbOTBMaskAccessor.h"
-#include "rttbDVHTxtFileReader.h"
-#include "rttbBoostMaskAccessor.h"
-#include "rttbITKImageMaskAccessorConverter.h"
-#include "rttbImageWriter.h"
-#include "rttbITKImageAccessorGenerator.h"
-#include "rttbITKImageFileAccessorGenerator.h"
-#include "rttbInvalidParameterException.h"
-#include "rttbBoostMask_LEGACY.h"
-#include "rttbBoostMaskAccessor_LEGACY.h"
-
-
-
-namespace rttb
-{
-
-	namespace testing
-	{
-
-		/*! @brief VoxelizationValidationTest.
-		Compare three differnt voxelizations: OTB, BoostLegacy and Boost.
-		Check dvh maximum and minimum for each structure.
-		Check write mask to itk file for further validation.
-		*/
-
-		int VoxelizationValidationTest(int argc, char* argv[])
-		{
-			typedef core::GenericDoseIterator::DoseAccessorPointer DoseAccessorPointer;
-			typedef core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator::MaskAccessorPointer MaskAccessorPointer;
-			typedef core::DVHCalculator::DoseIteratorPointer DoseIteratorPointer;
-			typedef core::StructureSetGeneratorInterface::StructureSetPointer StructureSetPointer;
-
-			PREPARE_DEFAULT_TEST_REPORTING;
-			//ARGUMENTS: 1: file name of test structure 1
-			//           2: file name of test dose 1 
-			//           3: directory name to write boost mask of all structures
-			//           4: directory name to write OTB mask of all structures
-            //           5: file name of test dose 2: data with different z spacing of dose and structure, BooseLegacy throws exceptions by handling this data
-            //           6: file name of test structure 2: data with different z spacing of dose and structure, BooseLegacy throws exceptions by handling this data
-
-			std::string RTSTRUCT_FILENAME;
-			std::string RTDOSE_FILENAME;
-			std::string BoostMaskLegacy_DIRNAME;
-			std::string OTBMask_DIRNAME;
-			std::string BoostMask_DIRNAME;
-
-			std::string RTDOSE2_FILENAME;
-			std::string RTSTRUCT2_FILENAME;
-
-			if (argc > 4)
-			{
-				RTSTRUCT_FILENAME = argv[1];
-				RTDOSE_FILENAME = argv[2];
-				BoostMaskLegacy_DIRNAME = argv[3];
-				OTBMask_DIRNAME = argv[4];
-				BoostMask_DIRNAME = argv[5];
-
-                RTDOSE2_FILENAME = argv[6];
-                RTSTRUCT2_FILENAME = argv[7];
-			}
-
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(BoostMask_DIRNAME);
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(OTBMask_DIRNAME);
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(BoostMaskLegacy_DIRNAME);
-
-			OFCondition status;
-			DcmFileFormat fileformat;
-
-			/* read dicom-rt dose */
-			io::dicom::DicomFileDoseAccessorGenerator doseAccessorGenerator1(RTDOSE_FILENAME.c_str());
-			DoseAccessorPointer doseAccessor1(doseAccessorGenerator1.generateDoseAccessor());
-
-			//create a vector of MaskAccessors (one for each structure)
-			StructureSetPointer rtStructureSet = io::dicom::DicomFileStructureSetGenerator(
-			        RTSTRUCT_FILENAME.c_str()).generateStructureSet();
-
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(BoostMask_DIRNAME);
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(OTBMask_DIRNAME);
-            ::boost::filesystem::create_directories(BoostMaskRedesign_DIRNAME);
-
-			if (rtStructureSet->getNumberOfStructures() > 0)
-			{
-				for (size_t j = 0; j < rtStructureSet->getNumberOfStructures(); j++)
-				{
-					std::cout << j << ": " << rtStructureSet->getStructure(j)->getLabel() << std::endl;
-					clock_t start(clock());
-					//create OTB MaskAccessor
-					::boost::shared_ptr<masks::legacy::OTBMaskAccessor> spOTBMaskAccessor =
-					    ::boost::make_shared<masks::legacy::OTBMaskAccessor>(rtStructureSet->getStructure(j),
-					            doseAccessor1->getGeometricInfo());
-					spOTBMaskAccessor->updateMask();
-					MaskAccessorPointer spMaskAccessor(spOTBMaskAccessor);
-
-					::boost::shared_ptr<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator> spMaskedDoseIteratorTmp =
-					    ::boost::make_shared<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator>(spMaskAccessor, doseAccessor1);
-					DoseIteratorPointer spMaskedDoseIterator(spMaskedDoseIteratorTmp);
-					rttb::core::DVHCalculator calc(spMaskedDoseIterator, (rtStructureSet->getStructure(j))->getUID(),
-					                               doseAccessor1->getUID());
-					rttb::core::DVH dvh = *(calc.generateDVH());
-
-					clock_t finish(clock());
-					std::cout << "OTB Mask Calculation time: " << finish - start << " ms" << std::endl;
-
-					//Write the mask image to a file.
-					/*! It takes a long time to write all mask files so that RUN_TESTS causes a timeout error.
-						To write all mask files, please use the outcommented code and call the .exe directly!
-					*/
-					rttb::io::itk::ITKImageMaskAccessorConverter itkConverter(spOTBMaskAccessor);
-					CHECK(itkConverter.process());
-					std::stringstream fileNameSstr;
-					fileNameSstr << OTBMask_DIRNAME << j << ".mhd";
-					rttb::io::itk::ImageWriter writer(fileNameSstr.str(), itkConverter.getITKImage());
-					CHECK(writer.writeFile());
-
-
-
-					clock_t start2(clock());
-					//create Boost MaskAccessor_LEGACY
-					MaskAccessorPointer boostMaskAccessorPtr
-					    = ::boost::make_shared<rttb::masks::boostLegacy::BoostMaskAccessor>
-					      (rtStructureSet->getStructure(j), doseAccessor1->getGeometricInfo());
-
-					CHECK_NO_THROW(boostMaskAccessorPtr->updateMask());
-
-					::boost::shared_ptr<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator> spMaskedDoseIteratorTmp2 =
-					    ::boost::make_shared<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator>(boostMaskAccessorPtr, doseAccessor1);
-					DoseIteratorPointer spMaskedDoseIterator2(spMaskedDoseIteratorTmp2);
-					rttb::core::DVHCalculator calc2(spMaskedDoseIterator2, (rtStructureSet->getStructure(j))->getUID(),
-					                                doseAccessor1->getUID());
-					rttb::core::DVH dvh2 = *(calc2.generateDVH());
-
-					clock_t finish2(clock());
-					std::cout << "Boost Mask Calculation and write file time: " << finish2 - start2 << " ms" <<
-					          std::endl;
-
-					//Write the mask image to a file.
-					/*! It takes a long time to write all mask files so that RUN_TESTS causes a timeout error.
-						To write all mask files, please use the outcommented code and call the .exe directly!
-					*/
-
-					rttb::io::itk::ITKImageMaskAccessorConverter itkConverter2(boostMaskAccessorPtr);
-					CHECK(itkConverter2.process());
-					std::stringstream fileNameSstr2;
-					fileNameSstr2 << BoostMaskLegacy_DIRNAME << j << ".mhd";
-					rttb::io::itk::ImageWriter writer2(fileNameSstr2.str(), itkConverter2.getITKImage());
-					CHECK(writer2.writeFile());
-
-
-						//create Boost MaskAccessor redesign
-						clock_t startR(clock());
-
-						MaskAccessorPointer boostMaskRPtr
-					    = ::boost::make_shared<rttb::masks::boost::BoostMaskAccessor>
-						      (rtStructureSet->getStructure(j), doseAccessor1->getGeometricInfo());
-						CHECK_NO_THROW(boostMaskRPtr->updateMask());
-						::boost::shared_ptr<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator> spMaskedDoseIteratorTmpR =
-						    ::boost::make_shared<core::GenericMaskedDoseIterator>(boostMaskRPtr, doseAccessor1);
-						DoseIteratorPointer spMaskedDoseIteratorR(spMaskedDoseIteratorTmpR);
-						rttb::core::DVHCalculator calcR(spMaskedDoseIteratorR, (rtStructureSet->getStructure(j))->getUID(),
-						                                doseAccessor1->getUID());
-						rttb::core::DVH dvhR = *(calcR.generateDVH());
-						clock_t finishR(clock());
-						std::cout << "Boost Mask Redesign Calculation and write file time: " << finishR - startR << " ms" <<
-						          std::endl;
-
-						//Write the mask image to a file.
-						/*! It takes a long time to write all mask files so that RUN_TESTS causes a timeout error.
-						To write all mask files, please use the outcommented code and call the .exe directly!
-						*/
-					rttb::io::itk::ITKImageMaskAccessorConverter itkConverterR(boostMaskRPtr);
-						CHECK(itkConverterR.process());
-
-
-						std::stringstream fileNameSstrR;
-					fileNameSstrR << BoostMask_DIRNAME << j << ".mhd";
-						rttb::io::itk::ImageWriter writerR(fileNameSstrR.str(), itkConverterR.getITKImage());
-					CHECK(writerR.writeFile());
-
-
-					//check close of 2 voxelizatin: OTB and Boost
-					CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getMaximum(), dvh2.getMaximum(), 0.1);
-					CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getMinimum(), dvh2.getMinimum(), 0.1);
-
-						if (j != 7)
-					{
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getMean(), dvh2.getMean(), 0.1);
-					}
-
-					CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getMedian(), dvh2.getMedian(), 0.1);
-					CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getModal(), dvh2.getModal(), 0.1);
-
-					//0: Aussenkontur and 3: Niere li. failed.
-					if (j != 0 && j != 3)
-					{
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvh.getVx(0), dvh2.getVx(0), dvh.getVx(0) * 0.05); //check volume difference < 5%
-					}
-
-						//check close of 2 voxelization: Boost and BoostRedesign
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getMaximum(), dvh2.getMaximum(), 0.1);
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getMinimum(), dvh2.getMinimum(), 0.1);
-
-						if (j != 7)
-						{
-							CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getMean(), dvh2.getMean(), 0.1);
-				}
-
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getMedian(), dvh2.getMedian(), 0.1);
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getModal(), dvh2.getModal(), 0.1);
-
-						//0: Aussenkontur and 3: Niere li. failed.
-						CHECK_CLOSE(dvhR.getVx(0), dvh2.getVx(0), dvhR.getVx(0) * 0.05); //check volume difference < 5%
-
-			}
-				}
-
-			/* Exception tests using data with different z spacing of dose and structure */
-            io::itk::ITKImageFileAccessorGenerator doseAccessorGenerator2(RTDOSE2_FILENAME.c_str());
-			DoseAccessorPointer doseAccessor2(doseAccessorGenerator2.generateDoseAccessor());
-
-			StructureSetPointer rtStructureSet2 = io::dicom::DicomFileStructureSetGenerator(
-                RTSTRUCT2_FILENAME.c_str()).generateStructureSet();
-
-
-			if (rtStructureSet2->getNumberOfStructures() > 0)
-			{
-				for (size_t j = 1; j < 20; j++)
-				{
-					std::cout << j << ": " << rtStructureSet2->getStructure(j)->getLabel() << std::endl;
-					clock_t start(clock());
-
-					//create Boost MaskAccessor Legacy
-					MaskAccessorPointer boostMaskAccessorPtr
-					    = ::boost::make_shared<rttb::masks::boostLegacy::BoostMaskAccessor>
-					      (rtStructureSet2->getStructure(j), doseAccessor2->getGeometricInfo());
-
-					//Two polygons in the same slice exception using boost mask, because of the different z spacing of dose and structure
-					if (j != 9)
-					{
-						CHECK_THROW_EXPLICIT(boostMaskAccessorPtr->updateMask(), rttb::core::InvalidParameterException);
-			}
-
-
-					//create Boost MaskAccessor redesign
-					MaskAccessorPointer boostMaskRPtr
-					    = ::boost::make_shared<rttb::masks::boost::BoostMaskAccessor>
-					      (rtStructureSet2->getStructure(j), doseAccessor2->getGeometricInfo());
-
-					//No exception using redesigned boost mask
-					CHECK_NO_THROW(boostMaskRPtr->updateMask());
-
-				}
-			}
-
-			RETURN_AND_REPORT_TEST_SUCCESS;
-
-
-		}
-
-	}//testing
-}//rttb
-