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NAME

       FunRegions - Spatial Region Filtering

SYNOPSIS

       This document contains a summary of the user interface for spatial region filtering images
       and tables.

DESCRIPTION

       Spatial region filtering allows a program to select regions of an image or rows of a table
       (e.g., X-ray events) to process using simple geometric shapes and boolean combinations of
       shapes.  When an image is filtered, only pixels found within these shapes are processed.
       When a table is filtered, only rows found within these shapes are processed.

       Spatial region filtering for images and tables is accomplished by means of region
       specifications.  A region specification consists of one or more region expressions, which
       are geometric shapes,combined according to the rules of boolean algebra.  Region
       specifications also can contain comments and local/global processing directives.

       Typically, region specifications are specified using bracket notation appended to the
       filename of the data being processed:

         foo.fits[circle(512,512,100)]

       It is also possible to put region specification inside a file and then pass the filename
       in bracket notation:

         foo.fits[@my.reg]

       When region filters are passed in bracket notation in this manner, the filtering is set up
       automatically when the file is opened and all processing occurs through the filter.
       Programs also can use the filter library API to open filters explicitly.

       Region Expressions

       More specifically, region specifications consist of one or more lines containing:

         # comment until end of line
         global   keyword=value keyword=value  ... # set global value(s)
         # include the following file in the region descriptor
         @file
         # use the FITS image as a mask (cannot be used with other regions)
         @fitsimage
         # each region expression contains shapes separated by operators
         [region_expression1], [region_expression2], ...
         [region_expression], [region_expression], ...

       A single region expression consists of:

         # parens and commas are optional, as is the + sign
         [+-]shape(num , num , ...) OP1 shape num num num OP2 shape ...

       e.g.:

         ([+-]shape(num , num , ...) && shape num  num ⎪⎪ shape(num, num)
         # a comment can come after a region -- reserved for local properties
         [+-]shape(num , num , ...)  # local properties go here, e.g. color=red

       Thus, a region descriptor consists of one or more region expressions or regions, separated
       by comas, new-lines, or semi-colons.  Each region consists of one or more geometric shapes
       combined using standard boolean operation.  Several types of shapes are supported,
       including:

         shape:        arguments:
         -----         ----------------------------------------
         ANNULUS       xcenter ycenter inner_radius outer_radius
         BOX           xcenter ycenter xwidth yheight (angle)
         CIRCLE        xcenter ycenter radius
         ELLIPSE       xcenter ycenter xwidth yheight (angle)
         FIELD         none
         LINE          x1 y1 x2 y2
         PIE           xcenter ycenter angle1 angle2
         POINT         x1 y1
         POLYGON       x1 y1 x2 y2 ... xn yn

       In addition, the following regions accept accelerator syntax:

         shape      arguments
         -----      ------------------------------------------
         ANNULUS    xcenter ycenter radius1 radius2 ... radiusn
         ANNULUS    xcenter ycenter inner_radius outer_radius n=[number]
         BOX        xcenter ycenter xw1 yh1 xw2 yh2 ... xwn yhn (angle)
         BOX        xcenter ycenter xwlo yhlo xwhi yhhi n=[number] (angle)
         CIRCLE     xcenter ycenter r1 r2 ... rn              # same as annulus
         CIRCLE     xcenter ycenter rinner router n=[number]  # same as annulus
         ELLIPSE    xcenter ycenter xw1 yh1 xw2 yh2 ... xwn yhn (angle)
         ELLIPSE    xcenter ycenter xwlo yhlo xwhi yhhi n=[number] (angle)
         PIE        xcenter ycenter angle1 angle2 (angle3) (angle4) (angle5) ...
         PIE        xcenter ycenter angle1 angle2 (n=[number])
         POINT      x1 y1 x2 y2 ... xn yn

       Note that the circle accelerators are simply aliases for the annulus accelerators.  See
       region geometry for more information about accelerators.

       Finally, the following are combinations of pie with different shapes (called "panda" for
       "Pie AND Annulus") allow for easy specification of radial sections:

         shape:  arguments:
         -----   ---------
         PANDA   xcen ycen ang1 ang2 nang irad orad nrad   # circular
         CPANDA  xcen ycen ang1 ang2 nang irad orad nrad   # circular
         BPANDA  xcen ycen ang1 ang2 nang xwlo yhlo xwhi yhhi nrad (ang) # box
         EPANDA  xcen ycen ang1 ang2 nang xwlo yhlo xwhi yhhi nrad (ang) # ellipse

       The panda and cpanda specify combinations of annulus and circle with pie, respectively and
       give identical results. The bpanda combines box and pie, while epanda combines ellipse and
       pie.  See region geometry for more information about pandas.

       The following "shapes" are ignored by funtools (generated by ds9):

         shape:        arguments:
         -----         ---------
         PROJECTION    x1 y1 x2 y2 width    # NB: ignored by funtools
         RULER         x1 y1 x2 y2          # NB: ignored by funtools
         TEXT          x y                  # NB: ignored by funtools
         GRID                               # NB: ignored by funtools
         TILE                               # NB: ignored by funtools
         COMPASS                            # NB: ignored by funtools

       All arguments to regions are real values; integer values are automatically converted to
       real where necessary.  All angles are in degrees and run from the positive image x-axis to
       the positive image y-axis. If a rotation angle is part of the associated WCS header, that
       angle is added implicitly as well.

       Note that 3-letter abbreviations are supported for all shapes, so that you can specify
       "circle" or "cir".

       Columns Used in Region Filtering

       By default, the x,y values in a region expression refer to the two "image binning"
       columns, i.e. the columns that would be used to bin the data into an image. For images,
       these are just the 2 dimensions of the image. For tables, these usually default to x and y
       but can be changed as required. For example, in Funtools, new binning columns are
       specified using a bincols=(col1,col2) statement within the bracket string on the command
       line.

       Alternate columns for region filtering can be specified by the syntax:

         (col1,col2)=region(...)

       e.g.:

         (X,Y)=annulus(x,y,ri,ro)
         (PHA,PI)=circle(x,y,r)
         (DX,DY)=ellipse(x,y,a,b[,angle])

       Region Algebra

       (See also Region Algebra for more complete information.)

       Region shapes can be combined together using Boolean operators:

         Symbol        Operation       Use
         --------      ---------       -----------------------------------
         !             not             Exclude this shape from this region
         & or &&       and             Include only the overlap of these shapes
         ⎪ or ⎪⎪       inclusive or    Include all of both shapes
         ^             exclusive or    Include both shapes except their overlap

       Note that the !region syntax must be combined with another region in order that we be able
       to assign a region id properly. That is,

         !circle(512,512,10)

       is not a legal region because there is no valid region id to work with.  To get the full
       field without a circle, combine the above with field(), as in:

         field() && !circle(512,512,10)

        Region Separators Also Are Operators

       As mentioned previously, multiple region expressions can be specified in a region
       descriptor, separated by commas, new-lines, or semi-colons.  When such a separator is
       used, the boolean OR operator is automatically generated in its place but, unlike explicit
       use of the OR operator, the region ID is incremented (starting from 1).

       For example, the two shapes specified in this example are given the same region value:

         foo.fits[circle(512,512,10)⎪⎪circle(400,400,20)]

       On the other hand, the two shapes defined in the following example are given different
       region values:

         foo.fits[circle(512,512,10),circle(400,400,20)]

       Of course these two examples will both mask the same table rows or pixels. However, in
       programs that distinguish region id's (such as funcnts ), they will act differently.  The
       explicit OR operator will result in one region expression consisting of two shapes having
       the same region id and funcnts will report a single region. The comma operator will cause
       funcnts to report two region expressions, each with one shape, in its output.

       In general, commas are used to separate region expressions entered in bracket notation on
       the command line:

         # regions are added to the filename in bracket notation
         foo.fits[circle(512,512,100),circle(400,400,20)]

       New-lines are used to separate region expressions in a file:

         # regions usually are separated by new-lines in a file
         # use @filename to include this file on the command line
         circle(512,512,100)
         circle(400,400,20)

       Semi-colons are provided for backward compatibility with the original IRAF/PROS
       implementation and can be used in either case.

       If a pixel is covered by two different regions expressions, it is given the mask value of
       the first region that contains that pixel.  That is, successive regions do not overwrite
       previous regions in the mask, as was the case with the original PROS regions.  In this
       way, an individual pixel is covered by one and only one region.  This means that one must
       sometimes be careful about the order in which regions are defined.  If region N is fully
       contained within region M, then N should be defined before M, or else it will be "covered
       up" by the latter.

       Region Exclusion

       Shapes also can be globally excluded from all the region specifiers in a region descriptor
       by using a minus sign before a region:

         operator      arguments:
         --------      -----------
         -             Globally exclude the region expression following '-' sign
                       from ALL regions specified in this file

       The global exclude region can be used by itself; in such a case, field() is implied.

       A global exclude differs from the local exclude (i.e. a shape prefixed by the logical not
       "!" symbol) in that global excludes are logically performed last, so that no region will
       contain pixels from a globally excluded shape. A local exclude is used in a boolean
       expression with an include shape, and only excludes pixels from that include shape.
       Global excludes cannot be used in boolean expressions.

       Include Files

       The @filename directive specifies an include file containing region expressions. This file
       is processed as part of the overall region descriptor:

         foo.fits[circle(512,512,10),@foo]

       A filter include file simply includes text without changing the state of the filter. It
       therefore can be used in expression. That is, if the file foo1 contains "pi==1" and foo2
       contains "pha==2" then the following expressions are equivalent:

         "[@foo1&&@foo2]"   is equivalent to   "[pi==1&&pha==2]"
         "[pha==1⎪⎪@foo2]"  is equivalent to   "[pi==1⎪⎪pha==2]"
         "[@foo1,@foo2]"    is equivalent to   "[pi==1,pha==2]"

       Be careful that you specify evaluation order properly using parenthesis, especially if the
       include file contains multiple filter statements. For example, consider a file containing
       two regions such as:

         circle 512 512 10
         circle 520 520 10

       If you want to include only events (or pixels) that are in these regions and have a pi
       value of 4, then the correct syntax is:

           pi==4&&(@foo)

       since this is equivalent to:

           pi==4 && (circle 512 512 10 ⎪⎪ circle 520 520 10)

       If you leave out the parenthesis, you are filtering this statement:

           pi==4 && circle 512 512 10 ⎪⎪ circle 520 520 10)

       which is equivalent to:

           (pi==4 && circle 512 512 10) ⎪⎪ circle 520 520 10)

       The latter syntax only applies the pi test to the first region.

       For image-style filtering, the @filename can specify an 8-bit or 16-bit FITS image. In
       this case, the pixel values in the mask image are used as the region mask. The valid
       pixels in the mask must have positive values.  Zero values are excluded from the mask and
       negative values are not allowed.  Moreover, the region id value is taken as the image
       pixel value and the total number of regions is taken to be the highest pixel value. The
       dimensions of the image mask must be less than or equal to the image dimensions of the
       data. The mask will be replicated as needed to match the size of the image. (Thus, best
       results are obtained when the data dimensions are an even multiple of the mask
       dimensions.)

       An image mask can be used in any image filtering operation, regardless of whether the data
       is of type image or table. For example, the funcnts ) program performs image filtering on
       images or tables, and so FITS image masks are valid input for either type of data in this
       program.. An image mask cannot be used in a program such as fundisp ) when the input data
       is a table, because fundisp displays rows of a table and processes these rows using event-
       style filtering.

       Global and Local Properties of Regions

       The ds9 image display program describes a host of properties such as color, font, fix/free
       state, etc. Such properties can be specified globally (for all regions) or locally (for an
       individual region).  The global keyword specifies properties and qualifiers for all
       regions, while local properties are specified in comments on the same line as the region:

         global color=red
         circle(10,10,2)
         circle(20,20,3) # color=blue
         circle(30,30,4)

       The first and third circles will be red, which the second circle will be blue.  Note that
       funtools currently ignores region properties, as they are used in display only.

        Coordinate Systems

       For each region, it is important to specify the coordinate system used to interpret the
       region, i.e., to set the context in which position and size values are interpreted. For
       this purpose, the following keywords are recognized:

         name                  description
         ----                  ------------------------------------------
         PHYSICAL              pixel coords of original file using LTM/LTV
         IMAGE                 pixel coords of current file
         FK4, B1950            sky coordinate systems
         FK5, J2000            sky coordinate systems
         GALACTIC              sky coordinate systems
         ECLIPTIC              sky coordinate systems
         ICRS                  currently same as J2000
         LINEAR                linear wcs as defined in file
         AMPLIFIER             mosaic coords of original file using ATM/ATV
         DETECTOR              mosaic coords of original file using DTM/DTV

       Specifying Positions, Sizes, and Angles

       The arguments to region shapes can be floats or integers describing positions and sizes.
       They can be specified as pure numbers or using explicit formatting directives:

         position arguments    description
         ------------------    ------------------------------
         [num]                 context-dependent (see below)
         [num]d                degrees
         [num]r                radians
         [num]p                physical pixels
         [num]i                image pixels
         [num]:[num]:[num]     hms for 'odd' position arguments
         [num]:[num]:[num]     dms for 'even' position arguments
         [num]h[num]m[num]s    explicit hms
         [num]d[num]m[num]s    explicit dms

         size arguments        description
         --------------        -----------
         [num]                 context-dependent (see below)
         [num]"                arc seconds
         [num]'                arc minutes
         [num]d                degrees
         [num]r                radians
         [num]p                physical pixels
         [num]i                image pixels

       When a "pure number" (i.e. one without a format directive such as 'd' for 'degrees') is
       specified, its interpretation depends on the context defined by the 'coordsys' keyword. In
       general, the rule is:

       All pure numbers have implied units corresponding to the current coordinate system.

       If no such system is explicitly specified, the default system is implicitly assumed to be
       PHYSICAL.

       In practice this means that for IMAGE and PHYSICAL systems, pure numbers are pixels.
       Otherwise, for all systems other than linear, pure numbers are degrees. For LINEAR
       systems, pure numbers are in the units of the linear system.  This rule covers both
       positions and sizes.

       The input values to each shape can be specified in several coordinate systems including:

         name                  description
         ----                  ----------------------------
         IMAGE                 pixel coords of current file
         LINEAR                linear wcs as defined in file
         FK4, B1950            various sky coordinate systems
         FK5, J2000
         GALACTIC
         ECLIPTIC
         ICRS
         PHYSICAL              pixel coords of original file using LTM/LTV
         AMPLIFIER             mosaic coords of original file using ATM/ATV
         DETECTOR              mosaic coords of original file using DTM/DTV

       If no coordinate system is specified, PHYSICAL is assumed. PHYSICAL or a World Coordinate
       System such as J2000 is preferred and most general.  The coordinate system specifier
       should appear at the beginning of the region description, on a separate line (in a file),
       or followed by a new-line or semicolon; e.g.,

         global coordsys physical
         circle 6500 9320 200

       The use of celestial input units automatically implies WORLD coordinates of the reference
       image.  Thus, if the world coordinate system of the reference image is J2000, then

         circle 10:10:0 20:22:0 3'

       is equivalent to:

         circle 10:10:0 20:22:0 3' # j2000

       Note that by using units as described above, you may mix coordinate systems within a
       region specifier; e.g.,

         circle 6500 9320 3' # physical

       Note that, for regions which accept a rotation angle:

       ellipse (x, y, r1, r2, angle) box(x, y, w, h, angle)

       the angle is relative to the specified coordinate system. In particular, if the region is
       specified in WCS coordinates, the angle is related to the WCS system, not x/y image
       coordinate axis.  For WCS systems with no rotation, this obviously is not an issue.
       However, some images do define an implicit rotation (e.g., by using a non-zero CROTA value
       in the WCS parameters) and for these images, the angle will be relative to the WCS axes.
       In such case, a region specification such as:

       fk4;ellipse(22:59:43.985, +58:45:26.92,320", 160", 30)

       will not, in general, be the same region specified as:

       physical;ellipse(465, 578, 40, 20, 30)

       even when positions and sizes match. The angle is relative to WCS axes in the first case,
       and relative to physical x,y axes in the second.

       More detailed descriptions are available for: Region Geometry, Region Algebra, Region
       Coordinates, and Region Boundaries.

SEE ALSO

       See funtools(7) for a list of Funtools help pages