NAME

Segment - segmentation based on signal structure

SYNOPSIS

astsegment [ OPTION...] ASTRdata

DESCRIPTION

Segment is part of GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.19. Segment will segment an initially labeled region based on structure with the signal. It will first find true clumps (local maxima), estimate which ones have strong connections, and then grow them to cover the full area of each detection.
For more information, please run any of the following commands. In particular the second contains a very comprehensive explanation of Segment's invocation: expected input(s), output(s), and a full description of all the options.
All options and their values:
$ astsegment -P
Inputs/Outputs and options:
$ info astsegment
Full section in manual/book:
$ info Segment
Full Gnuastro manual/book:
$ info gnuastro
If you couldn't find your answer in the manual, you can get direct help from experienced Gnuastro users and developers. For more information, please run:
$ info help-gnuastro
Segment options:
Input:
--chdu=STR
HDU/extension of convolved image in file.
--convolved=FITS
Convolved image file to avoid convolution.
--dhdu=STR
HDU containing detection image.
-d, --detection=FITS
Filename of detection image (to segment).
-h, --hdu=STR/INT
HDU containing values (science image).
--khdu=STR
HDU containing kernel image.
-k, --kernel=FITS
Filename of kernel to convolve with input.
--sky=STR/FLT
Filename of Sky values image to subtract.
--skyhdu=STR
HDU containing Sky value to subtract.
--std=STR/FLT
Filename of Sky standard deviation.
--stdhdu=STR
HDU containing Sky standard deviation.
--variance
STD input is actually variance.
Tessellation (tile grid):
--checktiles
Tile IDs in an image, the size of input.
-F, --remainderfrac=FLT
Fraction of remainder to split last tile.
--interpmetric=STR
Interpolation metric (radial, manhattan).
--interpnumngb=INT
No. of neighbors to use for interpolation.
--interponlyblank
Only interpolate over the blank tiles.
-L, --largetilesize=INT[,INT]
Sim. to --tilesize, but for larger tiles.
-M, --numchannels=INT[,..] No. of channels in dim.s (FITS order).
--oneelempertile
Display 1 element/tile, not full input res.
--workoverch
Work (not tile) over channel edges.
-Z, --tilesize=INT[,INT]
Regular tile size on dim.s (FITS order).
Output:
-D, --dontdelete
Don't delete output if it exists.
-K, --keepinputdir
Keep input directory for automatic output.
--noobjects
Finish with true clumps, don't create objects.
-o, --output=STR
Output file name.
--rawoutput
Output contains only CLUMPS and/or OBJECTS HDUs.
--tableformat=STR
'txt', 'fits-ascii', 'fits-binary'.
--wcslinearmatrix=STR
WCS linear matrix of output ('pc' or 'cd').
Segmentation:
-B, --minskyfrac=FLT
Min. fraction of undetected area in tile.
--checksegmentation
Store segmentation steps in a file.
--checksn
Save clump S/N values into a file.
-c, --snquant=FLT
S/N Quantile of true sky clumps.
--grownclumps
Save grown clumps instead of original.
-G, --gthresh=FLT
Multiple of STD to stop growing clumps.
--minima
Built internal clumps from minima.
--minnumfalse=INT
Minimum number for S/N estimation.
-m, --snminarea=INT
Minimum area of clumps for S/N estimation.
-O, --objbordersn=FLT
Min. S/N for grown clumps as one object.
-s, --clumpsnthresh=FLT
S/N threshold of true clumps.
-v, --keepmaxnearriver
Keep clumps with peak touching a river.
-y, --minriverlength=INT
Minimum len of useful grown clump rivers.
Operating modes:
-?, --help
give this help list
--checkconfig
List all config files and variables read.
--cite
BibTeX citation for this program.
--config=STR
Read configuration file STR immediately.
-C, --continueaftercheck
Continue processing after checks.
--lastconfig
Do not parse any more configuration files.
--minmapsize=INT
Min. bytes to avoid RAM automatically.
-N, --numthreads=INT
Number of CPU threads to use.
--onlyversion=STR
Only run if the program version is STR.
-P, --printparams
Print parameter values to be used and abort.
--quietmmap
Don't print mmap'd file's name and size.
-q, --quiet
Only report errors, remain quiet about steps.
-S, --setdirconf
Set default values for this directory and abort.
--usage
give a short usage message
-U, --setusrconf
Set default values for this user and abort.
-V, --version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
GNU Astronomy Utilities home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuastro/

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to [email protected]. Copyright © 2015-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU General public license version 3 or later.
 
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written/developed by Mohammad Akhlaghi

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for Segment is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Segment programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info Segment
should give you access to the complete manual.