ImageLoader
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.. py:class:: petpal.io.image.ImageLoader(loader: Optional[collections.abc.Callable[[str], ants.ANTsImage]] = None)

   Class for reading image files, with extensions such as Nifti or MGZ.

   See also: :py:docs:`~ants.image_read`.

   .. rubric:: Example

   .. code-block:: python

       from petpal.io.image import ImageLoader

       image_loader = ImageLoader()
       my_img = image_loader.load('/path/to/img.nii.gz')

   :ivar _loader: Function that loads an image file as an ants.ANTsImage object.


   .. py:method:: load(filename: str) -> ants.ANTsImage

      Public read API that delegates to the configured reader.

      :param filename: Path to file that will be loaded as ANTsImage.
      :type filename: str

      :returns: *img (ants.ANTsImage)* -- Image object loaded into Python.



   .. py:method:: __call__(filename: str) -> ants.ANTsImage