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#!/bin/bash

VERSION="0.0"

if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/N4BiasFieldCorrection ]]; then
  echo we cant find the N4 program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi
if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/Atropos ]]; then
  echo we cant find the Atropos program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi

function Usage {
    cat <<USAGE

`basename $0` iterates between N4 <-> Atropos to improve segmentation results.

Usage:

`basename $0` -d imageDimension
              -a inputImage
              -x maskImage
              -m n4AtroposIterations
              -n atroposIterations
              -c numberOfClasses
              -l posteriorLabelForN4Mask
              -o outputPrefix
              <OPTARGS>

Example:

  bash $0 -d 3 -a t1.nii.gz -x mask.nii.gz -c 4 -p segmentationPriors%d.nii.gz -o output

Required arguments:

     -d:  image dimension                       2 or 3 (for 2- or 3-dimensional image)
     -a:  input image                           Anatomical image, typically T1.  If more than one
                                                anatomical image is specified, subsequently specified
                                                images are used during the segmentation process.
     -x:  mask image                            Binary mask defining the region of interest.
     -c:  number of segmentation classes        Number of classes defining the segmentation
     -o:  output prefix                         The following images are created:
                                                  * ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}N4Corrected.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
                                                  * ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}Segmentation.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
                                                  * ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationPosteriors.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

Optional arguments:

     -m:  max. N4 <-> Atropos iterations        Maximum number of (outer loop) iterations between N4 <-> Atropos.
     -n:  max. Atropos iterations               Maximum number of (inner loop) iterations in Atropos.
     -p:  segmentation priors                   Prior probability images initializing the segmentation.
                                                Specified using c-style formatting, e.g. -p labelsPriors%02d.nii.gz.
     -r:  mrf                                   Specifies MRF prior (of the form '[weight,neighborhood]', e.g.
                                                '[0.1,1x1x1]' which is default).
     -b:  posterior formulation                 Posterior formulation and whether or not to use mixture model proportions.
                                                e.g 'Socrates[1]' (default) or 'Aristotle[1]'.  Choose the latter if you
                                                want use the distance priors (see also the -l option for label propagation
                                                control).
     -l:  label propagation                     Incorporate a distance prior one the posterior formulation.  Should be
                                                of the form 'label[lambda,boundaryProbability]' where label is a value
                                                of 1,2,3,... denoting label ID.  The label probability for anything
                                                outside the current label

                                                  = boundaryProbability * exp( -lambda * distanceFromBoundary )

                                                Intuitively, smaller lambda values will increase the spatial capture
                                                range of the distance prior.  To apply to all label values, simply omit
                                                specifying the label, i.e. -l [lambda,boundaryProbability].
     -y:  posterior label for N4 weight mask    Which posterior probability image should be used to define the
                                                N4 weight mask.  Can also specify multiple posteriors in which
                                                case the chosen posteriors are combined.
     -s:  image file suffix                     Any of the standard ITK IO formats e.g. nrrd, nii.gz (default), mhd
     -k:  keep temporary files                  Keep temporary files on disk (default = 0).
     -u:  use random seeding                    Use random number generated from system clock in Atropos (default = 1)
     -w:  Atropos prior segmentation weight     Atropos spatial prior probability weight for the segmentation (default = 0)

     -z:  Test / debug mode                     If > 0, attempts to continue after errors.

USAGE
    exit 1
}

echoParameters() {
    cat <<PARAMETERS

    Using antsAtroposN4 with the following arguments:
      image dimension         = ${DIMENSION}
      anatomical image        = ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}
      segmentation priors     = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIORS}
      output prefix           = ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}
      output image suffix     = ${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

    N4 parameters (segmentation):
      convergence             = ${N4_CONVERGENCE}
      shrink factor           = ${N4_SHRINK_FACTOR}
      B-spline parameters     = ${N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS}
      weight mask post. label = ${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[@]}

    Atropos parameters (segmentation):
       convergence            = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE}
       likelihood             = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LIKELIHOOD}
       prior weight           = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIOR_WEIGHT}
       posterior formulation  = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIOR_FORMULATION}
       mrf                    = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF}
       Max N4->Atropos iters. = ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS}
       use clock random seed  = ${USE_RANDOM_SEEDING}

PARAMETERS
}


# Echos a command to stdout, then runs it
# Will immediately exit on error unless you set debug flag
DEBUG_MODE=0

function logCmd() {
  cmd="$*"
  echo "BEGIN >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
  echo $cmd

  exec 5>&1
  logCmdOutput=$( $cmd | tee >(cat - >&5) )

  cmdExit=${PIPESTATUS[0]}

  if [[ $cmdExit -gt 0 ]];
    then
      echo "ERROR: command exited with nonzero status $cmdExit"
      echo "Command: $cmd"
      echo
      if [[ ! $DEBUG_MODE -gt 0 ]];
        then
          exit 1
        fi
    fi

  echo "END   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
  echo
  echo

  return $cmdExit
}


################################################################################
#
# Main routine
#
################################################################################

HOSTNAME=`hostname`
DATE=`date`

CURRENT_DIR=`pwd`/
OUTPUT_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}/tmp$RANDOM/
OUTPUT_PREFIX=${OUTPUT_DIR}/tmp
OUTPUT_SUFFIX="nii.gz"

KEEP_TMP_IMAGES=0

USE_RANDOM_SEEDING=1

DIMENSION=3

ANATOMICAL_IMAGES=()

ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIORS=""

################################################################################
#
# Programs and their parameters
#
################################################################################

N4_ATROPOS_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS=15

N4=${ANTSPATH}/N4BiasFieldCorrection
N4_CONVERGENCE="[50x50x50x50,0.0000000001]"
N4_SHRINK_FACTOR=2
N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS="[200]"
N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS=()

ATROPOS=${ANTSPATH}/Atropos
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIOR_WEIGHT=0.0
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LIKELIHOOD="Gaussian"
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIOR_FORMULATION="Socrates[1]"
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MASK=''
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS=5
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES=3
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF=''
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_PROPAGATION=()

if [[ $# -lt 3 ]] ; then
  Usage >&2
  exit 1
else
  while getopts "a:b:c:d:h:k:l:m:n:o:p:r:s:t:u:w:x:y:z:" OPT
    do
      case $OPT in
          c) #number of segmentation classes
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES=$OPTARG
       ;;
          d) #dimensions
       DIMENSION=$OPTARG
       if [[ ${DIMENSION} -gt 4 || ${DIMENSION} -lt 2 ]];
         then
           echo " Error:  ImageDimension must be 2, 3, or 4 "
           exit 1
         fi
       ;;
          h) #help
       Usage >&2
       exit 0
       ;;
          a) #anatomical t1 image
       ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}]=$OPTARG
       ;;
          b) #atropos prior weight
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIOR_FORMULATION=$OPTARG
       ;;
          k) #keep tmp images
       KEEP_TMP_IMAGES=$OPTARG
       ;;
          l)
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_PROPAGATION[${#ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_PROPAGATION[@]}]=$OPTARG
       ;;
          m) #atropos segmentation iterations
       N4_ATROPOS_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS=$OPTARG
       ;;
          n) #atropos segmentation iterations
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS=$OPTARG
       ;;
          o) #output prefix
       OUTPUT_PREFIX=$OPTARG
       ;;
          p) # segmentation label prior image
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIORS=$OPTARG
       ;;
          r) #mrf
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF=$OPTARG
       ;;
          s) #output suffix
       OUTPUT_SUFFIX=$OPTARG
       ;;
          t) #n4 convergence
       N4_CONVERGENCE=$OPTARG
       ;;
          u) #use random seeding
       USE_RANDOM_SEEDING=$OPTARG
       ;;
          w) #atropos prior weight
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIOR_WEIGHT=$OPTARG
       ;;
          x) #atropos segmentation mask
       ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MASK=$OPTARG
       ;;
          y) #
       N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[@]}]=$OPTARG
       ;;
          z) #debug mode
       DEBUG_MODE=$OPTARG
       ;;
          *) # getopts issues an error message
       echo "ERROR:  unrecognized option -$OPT $OPTARG"
       exit 1
       ;;
      esac
  done
fi

if [[ -z "$ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF" ]];
  then
    ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF="[0.1,1x1x1]";
    if [[ DIMENSION -eq 2 ]];
      then
        ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF="[0.1,1x1]"
      fi
  fi

ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE="[${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS},0.0]"

################################################################################
#
# Preliminaries:
#  1. Check existence of inputs
#  2. Figure out output directory and mkdir if necessary
#
################################################################################

for (( i = 0; i < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; i++ ))
  do
  if [[ ! -f ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$i]} ]];
    then
      echo "The specified image \"${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$i]}\" does not exist."
      exit 1
    fi
  done

FORMAT=${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIORS}
PREFORMAT=${FORMAT%%\%*}
POSTFORMAT=${FORMAT##*d}
FORMAT=${FORMAT#*\%}
FORMAT=${FORMAT%%d*}

REPCHARACTER=''
TOTAL_LENGTH=0
if [ ${#FORMAT} -eq 2 ]
  then
    REPCHARACTER=${FORMAT:0:1}
    TOTAL_LENGTH=${FORMAT:1:1}
  fi

# MAXNUMBER=$(( 10 ** $TOTAL_LENGTH ))
MAXNUMBER=1000

PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES=()
POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES=()
POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION=()
for (( i = 1; i <= $ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES; i++ ))
  do
    NUMBER_OF_REPS=$(( $TOTAL_LENGTH - ${#i} ))
    ROOT='';
    for(( j=0; j < $NUMBER_OF_REPS; j++ ))
      do
        ROOT=${ROOT}${REPCHARACTER}
      done
    PRIOR_FILENAME=${PREFORMAT}${ROOT}${i}${POSTFORMAT}
    POSTERIOR_FILENAME=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationPosteriors${ROOT}${i}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
    POSTERIOR_FILENAME_PREVIOUS_ITERATION=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationPosteriorsPreviousIteration${ROOT}${i}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
    POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES=( ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[@]} $POSTERIOR_FILENAME )
    POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION=( ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION[@]} $POSTERIOR_FILENAME_PREVIOUS_ITERATION )
    if [[ -f $PRIOR_FILENAME ]];
      then
        PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES=( ${PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[@]} $PRIOR_FILENAME )
      fi
  done

NUMBER_OF_PRIOR_IMAGES=${#PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[*]}

INITIALIZE_WITH_KMEANS=0
if [[ ${NUMBER_OF_PRIOR_IMAGES} -eq 0 ]];
  then
    echo "Initializing with kmeans segmentation."
    INITIALIZE_WITH_KMEANS=1
elif [[ ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES} -ne ${NUMBER_OF_PRIOR_IMAGES} ]];
  then
    echo "Expected ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES} prior images (${NUMBER_OF_PRIOR_IMAGES} are specified).  Check the command line specification."
    exit 1
  fi

for(( j=0; j < $NUMBER_OF_PRIOR_IMAGES; j++ ))
  do
    if [[ ! -f ${PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[$j]} ]];
      then
        echo "Prior image $j ${PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[$j]} does not exist."
        exit 1
      fi
  done

OUTPUT_DIR=${OUTPUT_PREFIX%\/*}
if [[ ! -d $OUTPUT_DIR ]];
  then
    echo "The output directory \"$OUTPUT_DIR\" does not exist. Making it."
    mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
  fi

echoParameters >&2

echo "---------------------  Running `basename $0` on $HOSTNAME  ---------------------"

time_start=`date +%s`

################################################################################
#
# Output images
#
################################################################################

ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}Segmentation
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION=${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIORS=${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT}Posteriors%${FORMAT}d.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

################################################################################
#
# Segmentation
#
################################################################################

SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationWeightMask.nii.gz
SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationConvergence.txt
SEGMENTATION_PREVIOUS_ITERATION=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}SegmentationPreviousIteration.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_IDXS=()
for (( i = 0; i < ${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[@]}; i++ ))
  do
    N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_IDXS[$i]=$((N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[$i]-1))
  done

time_start_segmentation=`date +%s`

if [[ $INITIALIZE_WITH_KMEANS -eq 0 ]]
  then

    N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES=()
    for (( i = 0; i < ${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[@]}; i++ ))
      do
        N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES=( ${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]} ${PRIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_IDXS[$i]}]} )
      done

    if [[ ${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]} -gt 0 ]];
      then
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK} PureTissueN4WeightMask ${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]}
      fi
  fi

if [[ -f ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE} ]];
  then
    logCmd rm -f ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE}
  fi

POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_CONVERGED=0
for (( i = 0; i < ${N4_ATROPOS_NUMBER_OF_ITERATIONS}; i++ ))
  do
    SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES=()
    for(( j = 0; j < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; j++ ))
      do
        SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES=( ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[@]} ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT}${j}N4.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX} )
        if [[ $j == 0 ]];
          then
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]} TruncateImageIntensity ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$j]} 0.025 0.995 256 ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MASK}
          else
            cp ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$j]} ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]}
          fi
        exe_n4_correction="${N4} -d ${DIMENSION} -i ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]} -x ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MASK} -s ${N4_SHRINK_FACTOR} -c ${N4_CONVERGENCE} -b ${N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS} -o ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]}"
        if [[ -f ${SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK} ]];
          then
            exe_n4_correction="${exe_n4_correction} -w ${SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK}"
          fi
        logCmd $exe_n4_correction
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]} Normalize ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]} m ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]} 1000
      done

    ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE=''
    for (( j = 0; j < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; j++ ))
      do
        ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE="${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -a ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]}"
      done

    INITIALIZATION="PriorProbabilityImages[${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES},${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIORS},${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIOR_WEIGHT}]"
    if [[ INITIALIZE_WITH_KMEANS -eq 1 ]];
      then
        if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];
          then
            INITIALIZATION="kmeans[${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES}]"
          else
            INITIALIZATION="PriorProbabilityImages[${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_NUMBER_OF_CLASSES},${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIORS},${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_PRIOR_WEIGHT}]"
          fi
      fi

    ATROPOS_LABEL_PROPAGATION_COMMAND_LINE=''
    for (( j = 0; j < ${#ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_PROPAGATION[@]}; j++ ))
      do
        ATROPOS_LABEL_PROPAGATION_COMMAND_LINE="${ATROPOS_LABEL_PROPAGATION_COMMAND_LINE} -l ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LABEL_PROPAGATION[$j]}";
      done

    exe_segmentation="${ATROPOS} -d ${DIMENSION} -x ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MASK} -c ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE} ${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} ${ATROPOS_LABEL_PROPAGATION_COMMAND_LINE}"
    exe_segmentation="${exe_segmentation} -i ${INITIALIZATION} -k ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_LIKELIHOOD} -m ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF} -o [${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION},${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIORS}] -r ${USE_RANDOM_SEEDING}"

    if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];
      then
        exe_segmentation="${exe_segmentation} -p Socrates[0]"
      else
        exe_segmentation="${exe_segmentation} -p ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_POSTERIOR_FORMULATION}"

        logCmd cp -f ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION} ${SEGMENTATION_PREVIOUS_ITERATION}

        for (( j = 0; j < ${#POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[@]}; j++ ))
          do
            logCmd cp -f ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[$j]} ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION[$j]}
          done

        for (( j = 0; j < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; j++ ))
          do
            ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE="${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -a ${SEGMENTATION_N4_IMAGES[$j]}";
          done
      fi

    logCmd $exe_segmentation

    if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];
      then
        if [[ ! -f ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE} ]];
          then
            echo "Iteration,Posterior" > ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE}
          fi

        POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY=0
        while read line;
          do
            tokens=( $line )
            if [[ ${tokens[0]} == "Iteration" ]];
              then
                POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY=${tokens[7]}
              fi
          done <<< "$logCmdOutput"

        echo "${i},${POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY}" >> ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE}
      fi

    if [[ $i -gt 0 && -f ${SEGMENTATION_PREVIOUS_ITERATION} ]];
      then

        POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_PREVIOUS_ITERATION=$POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY

        POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY=0
        while read line;
          do
            tokens=( $line )
            if [[ ${tokens[0]} == "Iteration" ]];
              then
                POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY=${tokens[7]}
              fi
          done <<< "$logCmdOutput"

        if [[ $( echo "${POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY} < ${POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_PREVIOUS_ITERATION}"|bc ) -eq 1 ]];
          then
            POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_CONVERGED=1

            POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY=${POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_PREVIOUS_ITERATION}
            logCmd cp -f ${SEGMENTATION_PREVIOUS_ITERATION} ${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION}

            for (( j = 0; j < ${#POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[@]}; j++ ))
              do
                logCmd cp -f ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION[$j]} ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[$j]}
              done

            break
          else
            echo "${i},${POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY}" >> ${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE}
          fi
      fi

    N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES=()
    for (( j = 0; j < ${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_LABELS[@]}; j++ ))
      do
        N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES=( ${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]} ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES[${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_POSTERIOR_IDXS[$j]}]} )
      done

    if [[ ${#N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]} -gt 0 ]];
      then
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK} PureTissueN4WeightMask ${N4_WEIGHT_MASK_IMAGES[@]}
      fi

  done

TMP_FILES=( $SEGMENTATION_WEIGHT_MASK ${POSTERIOR_IMAGE_FILENAMES_PREVIOUS_ITERATION[@]} ${SEGMENTATION_PREVIOUS_ITERATION} )

if [[ $KEEP_TMP_IMAGES -eq 0 ]];
  then
    for f in ${TMP_FILES[@]}
      do
        if [[ -e $f ]];
          then
            logCmd rm $f
          else
            echo "WARNING: expected temp file doesn't exist: $f"
          fi
      done
  fi

time_end_segmentation=`date +%s`
time_elapsed_segmentation=$((time_end_segmentation - time_start_segmentation))

echo
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
if [[ POSTERIOR_PROBABILITY_CONVERGED -eq 1 ]];
  then
    echo " Done with segmentation (posterior prob. converged):  $(( time_elapsed_segmentation / 3600 ))h $(( time_elapsed_segmentation %3600 / 60 ))m $(( time_elapsed_segmentation % 60 ))s"
  else
    echo " Done with segmentation (exceeded max. iterations):  $(( time_elapsed_segmentation / 3600 ))h $(( time_elapsed_segmentation %3600 / 60 ))m $(( time_elapsed_segmentation % 60 ))s"
  fi
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo


################################################################################
#
# End of main routine
#
################################################################################

time_end=`date +%s`
time_elapsed=$((time_end - time_start))

echo
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo " Done with N4 <-> Atropos processing"
echo " Script executed in $time_elapsed seconds"
echo " $(( time_elapsed / 3600 ))h $(( time_elapsed %3600 / 60 ))m $(( time_elapsed % 60 ))s"
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT=${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT}Convergence.R
SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_PLOT=${ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_OUTPUT}Convergence.pdf

if [[ `type -p RScript` > /dev/null ]];
  then
    echo "library( ggplot2 )" > $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "conv <- read.csv( \"${SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_FILE}\" )" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "myPlot <- ggplot( conv, aes( x = Iteration, y = Posterior ) ) +" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "  geom_point( data = conv, aes( colour = Iteration ), size = 4 ) +" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "  scale_y_continuous( breaks = seq( 0.8  , 1, by = 0.025 ), labels = seq( 0.8, 1, by = 0.025 ), limits = c( 0.8, 1 ) ) +" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "  theme( legend.position = \"none\" )" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
    echo "ggsave( filename = \"$SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_PLOT\", plot = myPlot, width = 4, height = 3, units = 'in' )" >>  $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT

    `RScript $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT`
    rm -f $SEGMENTATION_CONVERGENCE_SCRIPT
  fi

exit 0