| fixsaoreg | xray.xspatial | fixsaoreg |
fixsaoreg -- convert SAOimage cursor file to PROS region descriptor file, or convert PROS region descriptor file to SAOimage cursor file
fixsaoreg regions_input regions_output
This task converts an SAOimage cursor file to a form suitable for use in PROS tasks. It converts the logical coordinates put out by SAOimage into physical coordinates. (See help regcoords for descriptions of logical and physical coordinates.) The task can also be used in the reverse direction, to convert physical coordinates into logical coordinates for use in SAOimage.
The name of the input regions file. See below under FULL DESCRIPTION for detailed information about supported file formats.
The name of the output file. It will contain descriptors of the same regions as the input file, with the coordinates and measures transformed from logical to physical or from physical to logical units. Each transformed line is preceded by a comment line showing the descriptor before conversion.
If set to yes this will silently overwrite any existing output file. If set to no it will refuse to overwrite.
If greater than 0, this will display additional information about the progress of the conversion.
The input file may be a file generated by SAOimage, such as this one, which fixsaoreg will convert to physical coordinates:
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:38:12 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] CIRCLE(291,549,7.81)Or the input file may be a PROS region descriptor file in SAOimage format but in physical coordinates. This file will be converted to logical coordinates for input to SAOimage:
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:43:46 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] PHYSICAL CIRCLE(2328,4392,62.48)Either form of input file is a region descriptor file, but there are certain restrictions on it:
- The file must contain the specification of a reference image or QPOE file. The reference file specification must begin in the third position in a comment line that begins the file. (To be able to run fixsaoreg from a directory other than the one that contains the reference image, you should use a full path specification when telling SAOimage what image to display; then cursors that you save will contain the full path of the reference file specification.) - The file must contain only descriptors that SAOimage supports (no pie slices, e.g.; see User Manual for SAOimage, chapters 6 and 7, for complete information). - The descriptors must be in the format that SAOimage uses (capitals, parentheses, commas, no extra spaces). - Each descriptor must begin in the second position of its line; the first position must be either blank or '-' (the latter indicating an exclude region). - If the input file is in physical coordinates, the first non-comment line must specify "PHYSICAL", beginning in the second position on the line.If the input file is an SAOimage cursor file, SAOimage will satisfy all of these requirements automatically.
1) Convert the logical coordinates of an SAOimage cursor file into physical coordinates, for use in PROS.
xs> fixsaoreg regions file to convert: arlac output regions file with coordinates transformed: Writing regions output file: arlac_phy.regThe input file, arlac.reg, is the SAOimage cursor file illustrated above, shown again here:
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:38:12 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] CIRCLE(291,549,7.81)The output file is arlac_phy.reg:
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:43:46 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] PHYSICAL ## converted from LOGICAL, for export from SAOimage ## CIRCLE(291,549,7.81) CIRCLE(2328.00,4392.00,62.480)2) Convert the physical coordinates of a specially prepared PROS region descriptor file into logical coordinates for input into SAOimage.
xs> fixsaoreg regions file to convert: p_arlac output regions file with coordinates transformed: arlac_sao.reg Writing regions output file: arlac_sao.regThe input file, p_arlac.reg, is the other one illustrated in the FULL DESCRIPTION above (and is equivalent to the output of Example 1):
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:43:46 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] PHYSICAL CIRCLE(2328,4392,62.48)The output file, arlac_sao.reg, is this:
# xdata$rh110267n00.qp[bl=8] - XRT/HRI PSF AR LAC # Fri Jun 3 21:43:46 1994 # shape x, y, [x dimension, y dimension], [angle] #* LOGICAL ## converted from PHYSICAL, for input to SAOimage ## CIRCLE(2328.00,4392.00,62.480) CIRCLE(291.00,549.00,7.810)
For simple regions, the conversion takes a few seconds.
Only a subset of the region descriptor language is accepted, and the syntax is less permissive than that of the full language.
The default extension on the output file is _phy.reg, even if the output file is in logical coordinates.
User Manual for SAOimage, Chapter 6 (Graphics cursors and cursor mode in SAOimage) and Chapter 7 (SAOimage cursor regions)
Documentation on region filtering (help regions ) for a description of the spatial filter user interface.
Documentation on coordinates (help coords , help regcoords ) for a description of PROS coordinate systems and conventions.
