Mirp

Minor changes

- `show` method of `GenericImage` and subclasses now indicate if a user-provided `slice_id` is out-of-volume and
select the nearest slice instead.

- Naming of branches in the settings `xml` file now matches that of their respective settings classes. `xml` files
with the previous branch names still function.

- Errors encountered during file import and handling are now more descriptive.
- `extract_mask_labels` and `extract_image_parameters` now export extra information from DICOM metadata, e.g. series
UID.

Documentation

- Added a new tutorial on applying image filters to images.
- Added documentation on the feature naming system.
- Added documentation on the design of MIRP.

Fixes

- Computing features related to the minimum volume enclosing ellipsoid no longer produces warnings due to the use of
deprecated `numpy.matrix` class.

Minor changes

- If mask-related parameters are not provided for computing features or processing of images for deep learning, a
mask is generated that covers the entire image.

- Add fall-back methods for missing installation of the `ray` package for parallel processing. This can happen when
a python version is not supported by the `ray` package. `ray` is now a conditional dependency, until that package
is released for python `3.12`.

- The default export format for `deep_learning_processing` and `deep_learning_processing_generator` is now `dict`,
because the sample name is important for matching against observed outcomes.

- `write_file` arguments of `extract_mask_labels` and `extract_image_parameters` were deprecated as these were
redundant.

Fixes

- Streamlined importing and reading DICOM files results in faster processing of DICOM-based imaging.

- Fixed an indexing issue when attempting to split masks into bulk and rim sections in a slice-wise fashion.

- Fixed an indexing issue in Rank's method for noise estimation.

- Fixed incorrectly named image parameters file export. Instead of `mask_labels.csv`, image parameters are now
correctly exported to `image_metadata.csv`.

Major changes

- Added support for intensity scaling using the `intensity_scaling` parameter. Intensity scaling multiplies
intensities by a scalar value. Intensity scaling occurs after intensity normalisation (if any) and prior to adding
noise (if any). For example, intensity scaling can be used after intensity normalisation to scale intensities to a
different range. `intensity_normalisation = "range"` with `intensity_scaling = 1000.0` maps image intensities to
[1000.0, 0.0] instead of [1.0, 0.0].

- Added support for intensity transformation filters: square root (`"pyradiomics_square_root"`), square
(`"pyradiomics_square"`), logarithm (`"pyradiomics_logarithm"`) and exponential (`"pyradiomics_exponential"`).
These implementations are based on the definitions in the `pyradiomics`
[documentation](https://pyradiomics.readthedocs.io/en/latest/radiomics.html#module-radiomics.imageoperations).
Since these filters do not currently have an IBSI reference standard, these are mostly intended for reproducing
and validating radiomics models based on features extracted from pyradiomics.

- Modules were renamed according to the PEP8 standard. This does not affect the documented public interface, but may
affect external extensions. Public and private parts of the API are now indicated.

Minor changes

- Added support for Python version 3.10 using `typing-extensions`.
- Several changes were made to ensure proper functioning of MIRP with future versions of `pandas`.
- Some changes were made prevent deprecation warnings in future version of `numpy`.

Fixes

- Fixed missing merge changes from version 2.1.0 to the main branch.
- Fixed reading of `mask_name` from data xml files.
- `image_name` and `mask_name` configuration parameters are now parsed as single strings if only one value is
specified to match argument-based configuration.
- Fixed and updated several exception messages.
- Filter kernel names, specified using `filter_kernels` in xml files, are now correctly parsed as strings instead of
floats.

Major changes

- Added support for SEG DICOM files for segmentation.

- Added support for processing RTDOSE files.

- It is now possible to combine and split masks, and to select the largest mask or mask slice, as part of the image
processing workflow. Masks can be combines by setting `mask_merge = True`, which merges all available masks for an
image into a single mask. This can be useful when, e.g., multiple regions of interest should be assessed as a single
(possibly internally disconnected) mask. Masks are split using `mask_split = True`, which separates every disconnected
region into its own mask that is assessed separately. This is used for splitting multiple lesions inside a single mask
into multiple separate masks. The largest region of interest in each mask is selected by
`mask_select_largest_region = True`. This can be used when, e.g., only the largest lesion of multiple lesions should be
assessed. Sometimes, only the largest slice (i.e. the slice containing most of the voxels in a mask) should be
assessed. This is done using `mask_select_largest_slice = True`. This also forces `by_slice = True`.

These mask operations are implemented in the following order: combination -> splitting -> largest region ->
largest slice.

- Masks from an RT-structure file that shares a frame of reference with an image but does not have a one-to-one
mapping to its voxel space can now be processed. This facilitates processing of masks from RT structure sets that
are, e.g., defined on CT images but applied to co-registered PET imaging, or from one MR sequence to another.

Fixes

- Providing a mask consisting of boolean values in a numpy array no longer incorrectly throws an error.
- Configuration parameters from `xml` files are now processed in the same manner as parameters defined as function
arguments. The same default values are now used, independent of the parameter source. This fixes a known issue where
outlier-based resegmentation would occur by default using `xml` files, whereas the intended default is that no
resegmentation takes place.
- Masks can now be exported to the file system without throwing an error.
- DICOM files from frontal or sagittal view data are now correctly processed.

Minor changes

- Randomisation in MIRP now uses the generator-based methods in `numpy.random`, replacing the legacy functions.
The generator is seeded so that results are reproducible. The seed depends on input image, mask and configuration
parameters, if applicable.

Fixes

- Numpy arrays can now be used as direct input without throwing a `FileNotFoundError`.
- Relaxed check on orientation matrix when importing images, preventing errors when the l2-norm is around 1.000 but not
to high precision.
- To prevent high loads through internal multithreading in `numpy` and other libraries when using `ray` for parallel
processing, each ray thread is now initialised with environment parameters that prevent multi-threading.