DecorrelateALKernelTask

class lsst.ip.diffim.DecorrelateALKernelTask(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: lsst.pipe.base.Task

Decorrelate the effect of convolution by Alard-Lupton matching kernel in image difference

Notes

Pipe-task that removes the neighboring-pixel covariance in an image difference that are added when the template image is convolved with the Alard-Lupton PSF matching kernel.

The image differencing pipeline task @link ip.diffim.psfMatch.PsfMatchTask PSFMatchTask@endlink and @link ip.diffim.psfMatch.PsfMatchConfigAL PSFMatchConfigAL@endlink uses the Alard and Lupton (1998) method for matching the PSFs of the template and science exposures prior to subtraction. The Alard-Lupton method identifies a matching kernel, which is then (typically) convolved with the template image to perform PSF matching. This convolution has the effect of adding covariance between neighboring pixels in the template image, which is then added to the image difference by subtraction.

The pixel covariance may be corrected by whitening the noise of the image difference. This task performs such a decorrelation by computing a decorrelation kernel (based upon the A&L matching kernel and variances in the template and science images) and convolving the image difference with it. This process is described in detail in [DMTN-021](http://dmtn-021.lsst.io).

This task has no standalone example, however it is applied as a subtask of pipe.tasks.imageDifference.ImageDifferenceTask.

Methods Summary

computeCommonShape(*shapes) Calculate the common shape for FFT operations.
computeCorrectedDiffimPsf(corrft, psfOld) Compute the (decorrelated) difference image’s new PSF.
computeCorrectedImage(corrft, imgOld) Compute the decorrelated difference image.
computeCorrection(kappa, svar, tvar[, …]) Compute the Lupton decorrelation post-convolution kernel for decorrelating an image difference, based on the PSF-matching kernel.
computeVarianceMean(exposure)
emptyMetadata() Empty (clear) the metadata for this Task and all sub-Tasks.
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.
padCenterOriginArray(A, newShape[, useInverse]) Zero pad an image where the origin is at the center and replace the origin to the corner as required by the periodic input of FFT.
run(exposure, templateExposure, …[, …]) Perform decorrelation of an image difference exposure.
timer(name[, logLevel]) Context manager to log performance data for an arbitrary block of code.

Methods Documentation

computeCommonShape(*shapes)

Calculate the common shape for FFT operations. Set self.freqSpaceShape internally.

Parameters:
shapes : one or more tuple of int

Shapes of the arrays. All must have the same dimensionality. At least one shape must be provided.

Returns:
None.

Notes

For each dimension, gets the smallest even number greater than or equal to N1+N2-1 where N1 and N2 are the two largest values. In case of only one shape given, rounds up to even each dimension value.

computeCorrectedDiffimPsf(corrft, psfOld)

Compute the (decorrelated) difference image’s new PSF.

Parameters:
corrft : numpy.ndarray

The frequency space representation of the correction calculated by computeCorrection. Shape must be self.freqSpaceShape.

psfOld : numpy.ndarray

The psf of the difference image to be corrected.

Returns:
psfNew : numpy.ndarray

The corrected psf, same shape as psfOld, sum normed to 1.

Notes
—-
There is no algorithmic guarantee that the corrected psf can
meaningfully fit to the same size as the original one.
computeCorrectedImage(corrft, imgOld)

Compute the decorrelated difference image.

Parameters:
corrft : numpy.ndarray

The frequency space representation of the correction calculated by computeCorrection. Shape must be self.freqSpaceShape.

imgOld : numpy.ndarray

The difference image to be corrected.

Returns:
imgNew : numpy.ndarray

The corrected image, same size as the input.

computeCorrection(kappa, svar, tvar, preConvArr=None)

Compute the Lupton decorrelation post-convolution kernel for decorrelating an image difference, based on the PSF-matching kernel.

Parameters:
kappa : numpy.ndarray

A matching kernel 2-d numpy.array derived from Alard & Lupton PSF matching.

svar : float

Average variance of science image used for PSF matching.

tvar : float

Average variance of the template (matched) image used for PSF matching.

preConvArr : numpy.ndarray, optional

If not None, then pre-filtering was applied to science exposure, and this is the pre-convolution kernel.

Returns:
corrft : numpy.ndarray of float

The frequency space representation of the correction. The array is real (dtype float). Shape is self.freqSpaceShape.

Notes

The maximum correction factor converges to sqrt(tvar/svar) towards high frequencies. This should be a plausible value.

computeVarianceMean(exposure)
emptyMetadata()

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

getAllSchemaCatalogs()

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()

Get metadata for all tasks.

Returns:
metadata : lsst.daf.base.PropertySet

The PropertySet 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()

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()

Get the name of the task.

Returns:
taskName : str

Name of the task.

See also

getFullName

getSchemaCatalogs()

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()

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)

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, **keyArgs)

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.

static padCenterOriginArray(A, newShape: tuple, useInverse=False)

Zero pad an image where the origin is at the center and replace the origin to the corner as required by the periodic input of FFT. Implement also the inverse operation, crop the padding and re-center data.

Parameters:
A : numpy.ndarray

An array to copy from.

newShape : tuple of int

The dimensions of the resulting array. For padding, the resulting array must be larger than A in each dimension. For the inverse operation this must be the original, before padding size of the array.

useInverse : bool, optional

Selector of forward, add padding, operation (False) or its inverse, crop padding, operation (True).

Returns:
R : numpy.ndarray

The padded or unpadded array with shape of newShape and the same dtype as A.

Notes

For odd dimensions, the splitting is rounded to put the center pixel into the new corner origin (0,0). This is to be consistent e.g. for a dirac delta kernel that is originally located at the center pixel.

run(exposure, templateExposure, subtractedExposure, psfMatchingKernel, preConvKernel=None, xcen=None, ycen=None, svar=None, tvar=None)

Perform decorrelation of an image difference exposure.

Decorrelates the diffim due to the convolution of the templateExposure with the A&L PSF matching kernel. Currently can accept a spatially varying matching kernel but in this case it simply uses a static kernel from the center of the exposure. The decorrelation is described in [DMTN-021, Equation 1](http://dmtn-021.lsst.io/#equation-1), where exposure is I_1; templateExposure is I_2; subtractedExposure is D(k); psfMatchingKernel is kappa; and svar and tvar are their respective variances (see below).

Parameters:
exposure : lsst.afw.image.Exposure

The original science exposure (before preConvKernel applied) used for PSF matching.

templateExposure : lsst.afw.image.Exposure

The original template exposure (before matched to the science exposure by psfMatchingKernel) warped into the science exposure dimensions. Always the PSF of the templateExposure should be matched to the PSF of exposure, see notes below.

subtractedExposure :

the subtracted exposure produced by ip_diffim.ImagePsfMatchTask.subtractExposures(). The subtractedExposure must inherit its PSF from exposure, see notes below.

psfMatchingKernel :

An (optionally spatially-varying) PSF matching kernel produced by ip_diffim.ImagePsfMatchTask.subtractExposures()

preConvKernel :

if not None, then the exposure was pre-convolved with this kernel

xcen : float, optional

X-pixel coordinate to use for computing constant matching kernel to use If None (default), then use the center of the image.

ycen : float, optional

Y-pixel coordinate to use for computing constant matching kernel to use If None (default), then use the center of the image.

svar : float, optional

Image variance for science image If None (default) then compute the variance over the entire input science image.

tvar : float, optional

Image variance for template image If None (default) then compute the variance over the entire input template image.

Returns:
result : lsst.pipe.base.Struct
  • correctedExposure : the decorrelated diffim

Notes

The subtractedExposure is NOT updated. The returned correctedExposure has an updated but spatially fixed PSF. It is calculated as the center of image PSF corrected by the center of image matching kernel.

In this task, it is _always_ the templateExposure that was matched to the exposure by psfMatchingKernel. Swap arguments accordingly if actually the science exposure was matched to a co-added template. In this case, tvar > svar typically occurs.

The templateExposure and exposure image dimensions must be the same.

Here we currently convert a spatially-varying matching kernel into a constant kernel, just by computing it at the center of the image (tickets DM-6243, DM-6244).

We are also using a constant accross-the-image measure of sigma (sqrt(variance)) to compute the decorrelation kernel.

TODO DM-23857 As part of the spatially varying correction implementation consider whether returning a Struct is still necessary.

timer(name, logLevel=10000)

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 lsst.log level constant.

See also

timer.logInfo

Examples

Creating a timer context:

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