ImageIOSelection/ImageIOSelection.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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from __future__ import print_function

import sys
import SimpleITK as sitk


if len(sys.argv)<2:
    print('Wrong number of arguments.', file=sys.stderr)
    print('Usage: ' + __file__ + ' image_file_name', file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

# Find out which image IOs are supported
file_reader = sitk.ImageFileReader()
image_ios_tuple = file_reader.GetRegisteredImageIOs()
print("The supported image IOs are: " + str(image_ios_tuple))
print('-'*20)

# Another option is to just print the reader and see which
# IOs are supported
print(file_reader)
print('-'*20)

# Force the use of a specific IO. If the IO doesn't support
# reading the image type it will throw an exception.
file_reader.SetImageIO('PNGImageIO')
file_reader.SetFileName(sys.argv[1])
try:
    image = file_reader.Execute()
    print('Read image: ' + sys.argv[1])
except Exception as err:
    print('Reading failed: ', err)
    sys.exit(1)

sys.exit(0)