MaskStreaksTask

class lsst.pipe.tasks.maskStreaks.MaskStreaksTask(config: Optional[Config] = None, name: Optional[str] = None, parentTask: Optional[Task] = None, log: Optional[Union[logging.Logger, lsst.utils.logging.LsstLogAdapter]] = None)

Bases: lsst.pipe.base.Task

Find streaks or other straight lines in image data.

Nearby objects passing through the field of view of the telescope leave a bright trail in images. This class uses the Kernel Hough Transform (KHT) (Fernandes and Oliveira, 2007), implemented in lsst.houghtransform. The procedure works by taking a binary image, either provided as put or produced from the input data image, using a Canny filter to make an image of the edges in the original image, then running the KHT on the edge image. The KHT identifies clusters of non-zero points, breaks those clusters of points into straight lines, keeps clusters with a size greater than the user-set threshold, then performs a voting procedure to find the best-fit coordinates of any straight lines. Given the results of the KHT algorithm, clusters of lines are identified and grouped (generally these correspond to the two edges of a strea) and a profile is fit to the streak in the original (non-binary) image.

Methods Summary

emptyMetadata() Empty (clear) the metadata for this Task and all sub-Tasks.
find(maskedImage) Find streaks in a masked image.
getAllSchemaCatalogs() Get schema catalogs for all tasks in the hierarchy, combining the results into a single dict.
getFullMetadata() Get metadata for all tasks.
getFullName() Get the task name as a hierarchical name including parent task names.
getName() Get the name of the task.
getSchemaCatalogs() Get the schemas generated by this task.
getTaskDict() Get a dictionary of all tasks as a shallow copy.
makeField(doc) Make a lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField for this task.
makeSubtask(name, **keyArgs) Create a subtask as a new instance as the name attribute of this task.
run(maskedImage) Find and mask streaks in a masked image.
timer(name, logLevel) Context manager to log performance data for an arbitrary block of code.

Methods Documentation

emptyMetadata() → None

Empty (clear) the metadata for this Task and all sub-Tasks.

find(maskedImage)

Find streaks in a masked image.

Parameters:
maskedImage : lsst.afw.image.maskedImage

The image in which to search for streaks.

Returns:
result : lsst.pipe.base.Struct

Results as a struct with attributes:

originalLines

Lines identified by kernel hough transform.

lineClusters

Lines grouped into clusters in rho-theta space.

lines

Final result for lines after line-profile fit.

mask

2-d boolean mask where detected lines are True.

getAllSchemaCatalogs() → Dict[str, Any]

Get schema catalogs for all tasks in the hierarchy, combining the results into a single dict.

Returns:
schemacatalogs : dict

Keys are butler dataset type, values are a empty catalog (an instance of the appropriate lsst.afw.table Catalog type) for all tasks in the hierarchy, from the top-level task down through all subtasks.

Notes

This method may be called on any task in the hierarchy; it will return the same answer, regardless.

The default implementation should always suffice. If your subtask uses schemas the override Task.getSchemaCatalogs, not this method.

getFullMetadata() → lsst.pipe.base._task_metadata.TaskMetadata

Get metadata for all tasks.

Returns:
metadata : TaskMetadata

The keys are the full task name. Values are metadata for the top-level task and all subtasks, sub-subtasks, etc.

Notes

The returned metadata includes timing information (if @timer.timeMethod is used) and any metadata set by the task. The name of each item consists of the full task name with . replaced by :, followed by . and the name of the item, e.g.:

topLevelTaskName:subtaskName:subsubtaskName.itemName

using : in the full task name disambiguates the rare situation that a task has a subtask and a metadata item with the same name.

getFullName() → str

Get the task name as a hierarchical name including parent task names.

Returns:
fullName : str

The full name consists of the name of the parent task and each subtask separated by periods. For example:

  • The full name of top-level task “top” is simply “top”.
  • The full name of subtask “sub” of top-level task “top” is “top.sub”.
  • The full name of subtask “sub2” of subtask “sub” of top-level task “top” is “top.sub.sub2”.
getName() → str

Get the name of the task.

Returns:
taskName : str

Name of the task.

See also

getFullName
getSchemaCatalogs() → Dict[str, Any]

Get the schemas generated by this task.

Returns:
schemaCatalogs : dict

Keys are butler dataset type, values are an empty catalog (an instance of the appropriate lsst.afw.table Catalog type) for this task.

See also

Task.getAllSchemaCatalogs

Notes

Warning

Subclasses that use schemas must override this method. The default implementation returns an empty dict.

This method may be called at any time after the Task is constructed, which means that all task schemas should be computed at construction time, not when data is actually processed. This reflects the philosophy that the schema should not depend on the data.

Returning catalogs rather than just schemas allows us to save e.g. slots for SourceCatalog as well.

getTaskDict() → Dict[str, weakref]

Get a dictionary of all tasks as a shallow copy.

Returns:
taskDict : dict

Dictionary containing full task name: task object for the top-level task and all subtasks, sub-subtasks, etc.

classmethod makeField(doc: str) → lsst.pex.config.configurableField.ConfigurableField

Make a lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField for this task.

Parameters:
doc : str

Help text for the field.

Returns:
configurableField : lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField

A ConfigurableField for this task.

Examples

Provides a convenient way to specify this task is a subtask of another task.

Here is an example of use:

class OtherTaskConfig(lsst.pex.config.Config):
    aSubtask = ATaskClass.makeField("brief description of task")
makeSubtask(name: str, **keyArgs) → None

Create a subtask as a new instance as the name attribute of this task.

Parameters:
name : str

Brief name of the subtask.

keyArgs

Extra keyword arguments used to construct the task. The following arguments are automatically provided and cannot be overridden:

  • “config”.
  • “parentTask”.

Notes

The subtask must be defined by Task.config.name, an instance of ConfigurableField or RegistryField.

run(maskedImage)

Find and mask streaks in a masked image.

Finds streaks in the image and modifies maskedImage in place by adding a mask plane with any identified streaks.

Parameters:
maskedImage : lsst.afw.image.maskedImage

The image in which to search for streaks. The mask detection plane corresponding to config.detectedMaskPlane must be set with the detected pixels.

Returns:
result : lsst.pipe.base.Struct

Results as a struct with attributes:

originalLines

Lines identified by kernel hough transform.

lineClusters

Lines grouped into clusters in rho-theta space.

lines

Final result for lines after line-profile fit.

timer(name: str, logLevel: int = 10) → Iterator[None]

Context manager to log performance data for an arbitrary block of code.

Parameters:
name : str

Name of code being timed; data will be logged using item name: Start and End.

logLevel

A logging level constant.

See also

timer.logInfo

Examples

Creating a timer context:

with self.timer("someCodeToTime"):
    pass  # code to time