This ITK module contains a filter called itk::SplitComponentsImageFilter. This filter generates component images from an itk::Image of, for example, itk::Vector, itk::CovariantVector, or itk::SymmetricSecondRankTensor.

For more information, see the Insight Journal article:

McCormick M.
An ITK Class that Splits Multi-Component Images
The Insight Journal. January-December. 2010.
https://hdl.handle.net/10380/3230
https://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/774

This module is available in the ITK source tree as a Remote module. To enable it, set:

Module_SplitComponents:BOOL=ON

in ITK's CMake build configuration.

Alternatively, build the module externally with:

git clone https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKSplitComponents.git
mkdir ITKSplitComponents-build
cd ITKSplitComponents-build
cmake -DITK_DIR=/path/to/ITK-build ../ITKSplitComponents
make

This software is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Please see the LICENSE file for details.