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/**
\page BloxPage Blox Framework
\section BloxIntroduction Introduction
The itk::BloxImage object is a regular, rectilinear lattice of ``blocks''
in n-dimensional space. The word ``blox'' was chosen to bring to mind a
set of ``city blocks'' in 2D or ``building blocks'' in 3D. Being a
regular lattice, itk::BloxImage logically derives from itkImage. In an
itk::BloxImage, each pixel represents an isometric space-filling block of
geometric space, called an itk::BloxPixel. Each itk::BloxPixel generally
covers many pixels in the underlying image and is used to store a
variable number of image primitives (such as boundary points) or
features (such as medial nodes) gathered within that region of geometric
space. To do this, each itk::BloxPixel contains a linked list.
The itk::BloxImage object facilitates certain forms of analysis by
providing geometric hashing. For example, if boundary points are stored
in an itk::BloxImage, pairs of boundary points that face each other
(called ``core atoms'') can be found by searching relatively small
regions of geometric space that face each boundary point for appropriate
mates. Because an itk::BloxImage is rectilinear in geometric space (even
though the underlying image may not be) subsequent analysis can be
invariant to rotation and translation.
*/
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