1.1.1.0 image.rebin

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image.rebin - Function

1.1.1 Rebin an image by the specified integer factors

Description

This application rebins the current image by the specified integer binning factors for each axis. It supports both float valued and complex valued images. The corresponding output pixel value is the average of the input pixel values. The output pixel will be masked bad if there were no good input pixels. A polarization axis cannot be rebinned.

The binning factors array must contain at least one element and no more elements than the number of input image axes. If the number of elements specified is less than the number of image axes, then the remaining axes not specified are not rebinned. All specified values must be positive. A value of one indicates that no rebinning of the associated axis will occur.

Binning starts from the origin pixel of the bounding box of the selected region or the origin pixel of the input image if no region is specified. The value of crop is used to determine how to handle cases where there are pixels at the end of the axis that do not form a complete bin. If crop=True, extra pixels at the end of the axis are discarded. If crop=False, the remaining pixels are averaged into the final bin along that axis. Should the length of the axis to be rebinned be an integral multiple of the associated binning factor, the value of crop is irrelevant.

A value of dropdeg=True will result in the output image not containing axes that are degenerate in the specified region or in the input image if no region is specified. Note that, however, the binning factors array must still account for degenerate axes, and the binning factor associated with a degenerate axis must always be 1.

If outfile is given, the image is written to the specified disk file. If outfile is unset, the Image tool is associated with a temporary image. This temporary image may be in memory or on disk, depending on its size. When you destroy the on-the-fly Image tool returned by this function (with the done function) this temporary image is deleted.

Arguments


Inputs
outfile	Output image file name. Default is unset.
	allowed:	string
	Default:
bin	Binning factors for each axis
	allowed:	intArray
	Default:
region	Region selection. See ”help par.region” for details. Default is to use the full image.
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant
mask	Mask to use. See help par.mask. Default is none.
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant
dropdeg	Drop degenerate axes
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	false
overwrite	Overwrite (unprompted) pre-existing output file?
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	false
async	Run asynchronously?
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	false
stretch	Stretch the mask if necessary and possible? See help par.stretch. Default False
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	false
crop	Remove pixels from the end of an axis to be rebinned if there are not enough to form an integral bin?
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	false

Returns
image

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t rebin Ex 1 \t----"
ia.maketestimage();
im2 = ia.rebin(bin=[2,3]);
im2.done()
ia.close()
#
"""

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