---
name: "CreateTiledMosaic"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ants"
version: "2.1.0-5"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CreateTiledMosaic"
---

# CreateTiledMosaic(1)

part of ANTS registration suite

## NAME

CreateTiledMosaic - part of ANTS registration suite

## DESCRIPTION

### COMMAND:

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  CreateTiledMosaic

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  Render a 3-D image volume with optional Rgb overlay.

### OPTIONS:

**-i**, **--input-image** inputImageFilename

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  Main input is a 3-D grayscale image.

**-r**, **--rgb-image** rgbImageFilename

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  An optional Rgb image can be added as an overlay. It must have the same image geometry as the input grayscale image.

**-x**, **--mask-image** maskImageFilename

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  Specifies the ROI of the RGB voxels used.

**-a**, **--alpha** value

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  If an Rgb image is provided, render the overlay using the specified alpha parameter.

**-o**, **--output** tiledMosaicImage

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  The output consists of the tiled mosaic image.

**-t**, **--tile-geometry** RxC

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  The tile geometry specifies the number of rows and columns in the output image. For example, if the user specifies '5x10', then 5 rows by 10 columns of slices are rendered. If R \< 0 and C \> 0 (or vice versa), the negative value is selected based on direction.

**-d**, **--direction** 0/1/2

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  Specifies the direction of the slices. If no direction is specified, the direction with the coarsest spacing is chosen.

- **-p**, **--pad-or-crop** padVoxelWidth

  \[padVoxelWidth,\<constantValue=0\>\] \[lowerPadding\[0\]xlowerPadding\[1\],upperPadding\[0\]xupperPadding\[1\],constantValue\]

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  The user can specify whether to pad or crop a specified voxel-width boundary of each individual slice. For this program, cropping is simply padding with negative voxel-widths. If one pads (+), the user can also specify a constant pad value (default = 0). If a mask is specified, the user can use the mask to define the region, by using the keyword "mask" plus an offset, e.g. "-p mask+3".

**-s**, **--slices** Slice1xSlice2xSlice3...

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  numberOfSlicesToIncrement \[numberOfSlicesToIncrement,\<minSlice=0\>,\<maxSlice=lastSlice\>\]

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  This option gives the user more control over what slices to use for rendering. The user can specify specific slices for a particular order. Alternatively the user can specify the number slices to increment with the optional specification of which slices to start and end the sequence. A negative value for the numberOfSlicesToIncrement causes rendering in the reverse order. For the third option, minSlice \< maxSlice. If a mask is specified, the user can use the mask to define the region, by using the keyword "mask" plus an offset, e.g. "-s \[1,mask-3,200\]".For the third option, minSlice \< maxSlice.

**-f**, **--flip-slice** flipXxflipY

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  Flip individual slice images horizontally and/or vertically, specified e.g. as '0x1' or '1x1'.

**-g**, **--permute-axes** doPermute

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  Permute (or swap) the axes of the individual slice images.

**-h**

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  Print the help menu (short version).

**--help**

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  Print the help menu. \<VALUES\>: 1