FMEDIAN (August,1997) ftools.fimage FMEDIAN (August,1997)
NAME
fmedian -- Convolve a FITS image with a median value within an
user defined rectangular box.
USAGE
fmedian input output xwindow ywindow
PARAMETERS
infile [string]
Input FITS file and extension number to be convolved with the
median filter.
outfile [string]
Output FITS file where the convolved image will be written.
xwindow [integer]
The size of the smoothing window in pixels in the x direction.
If not an odd number it will be incremented to nearest odd
number.
ywindow [integer]
The size of the smoothing window in pixels in the y direction.
If not an odd number it will be incremented to nearest odd
number.
(boundary = "nearest") [string]
The algorithm used to compute the values of the out of bounds
pixels. The options are:
nearest
Use the value of the nearest boundary pixel.
constant
Use a constant value.
reflect
Generate a value by reflecting around the boundary.
wrap
Generate a value by wrapping around to the opposite side of
the image.
(constant = 0.0) [double]
The constant for constant-valued boundary extension.
(datatype = "-") [character]
The data type for the resulting smoothed image. A "-" or " "
results in storing the smoothed image with the same data type
as the original input image. The letter B or b represents byte,
the letter I or i represents short integer, the letter J or j
represents integer, the letter E or e represents single
precision reals and the letter D or d represents double
precision reals.
(nullval = 0.0) [double]
Value to substitute for any undefined pixels within the image.
(copyprime = yes) [boolean]
If true, all of the primary header keywords, the primary array
(if any) and all of the extension keywords of the first input
file are copied to the output file. If false, only minimal
headers are created.
(copyall = no) [boolean]
If true, all other extensions, including the primary array are
copied to the output file.
(clobber = no) [boolean]
If true, an existing output file of the same name will be
overwritten.
DESCRIPTION
FMEDIAN convolves the FITS image in input with a median value
within a rectangular box specified by xwindow, ywindow and places
the convolved images in output FITS file. Out of bounds pixels are
computed using the algorithm specified by boundary. The FITS image
to be smoothed can be in either the primary array or in an image
extension. The resulting smoothed image will be placed in either
the output files primary array or in an image extension depending
on three things; the location of the image in the input file, the
value of the copyprime flag and the value of the copyall flag.
If the input image is in the primary array then the resulting image
will always be placed in the primary array. In this case, if the
copyprime flag is yes then all the keywords from the input primary
header will be copied to the output primary header, otherwise only
the required keywords will be placed in the output primary header.
Setting the copyall flag will cause all the FITS extensions in the
input FITS file to be copied over to the output FITS file.
If the input image is in an image extension the the resulting image
will be placed in one of three places depending on the values of
the copyprime and copyall flags. If the copyprime flag is no the
the resulting smoothed image will always appear in the primary
array. If the copyall flag is also set then all extension will be
copied to the output FITS file and the input primary array will be
stored in the image extension that the image was originally stored
in the input FITS file. If the copyprime flag is yes then the
primary array of the input FITS file will always be copied over to
the primary array of the output FITS file. In this case, if the
copyall flag is no then the smoothed image will be stored in the
first extension of the output FITS file, otherwise the smoothed
image will appear in the same extension in both the input and
output FITS file and all other extensions will be copied to the
output FITS file.
EXAMPLES
1. Convolve an image with a square 3 by 3 box using nearest
neighbor boundary extension.
cl> fmedian image.fits gimage.fits 3 3
2. Convolve an image with a rectangular 3 by 5 box using wrap
around boundary extension.
cl> fmedian img.fits gimg.fits 3 5 bound=wrap
3. Convolve an image in the 3rd extension with a rectangular 7 by 5
box using nearest neighbor boundary extension and store the
resulting image in the primary array.
cl> fmedian imgx.fits[3] gimg.fits 7 5 copyprime=no
BUGS
NOTE: This tool works identically as that of another image smoothing tool
fboxcar. The difference is in the smoothing procedure. In latter
case (fboxcar), it is the average value within the rectangular box
and for fmedian, it is the median value within the rectangular box.
SEE ALSO
fgauss, fboxcar