[Numpy-discussion] How to median filter a masked array?
Russell E Owen
rowen at u.washington.edu
Wed Jul 14 08:48:07 EDT 2004
I want to 3x3 median filter a masked array (2-d array of ints -- an
astronomical image), where the masked data and points off the edge
are excluded from the local median calculation. Any suggestions for
how to do this efficiently? I suspect I have to write it in C, which
is an unpleasant prospect.
I tried using NaN for points to mask out, but the median filter seems
to handle those as "infinity", or something equally inappropriate.
In a related vein, has Python come along far enough that it would be
reasonable to add support for NaN to numarray -- in the sense that
statistics calculations, filters, etc. could be convinced to ignore
NaNs? Obviously this support would be contingent on compiling python
with IEEE floating point support, but I suspect that's the default on
most platforms these days.
-- Russell
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