number_of_islands

ctapipe.image.number_of_islands(geom, mask)

Search a given pixel mask for connected clusters. This can be used to seperate between gamma and hadronic showers.

Parameters

geom: `~ctapipe.instrument.CameraGeometry`

Camera geometry information

mask: ndarray

input mask (array of booleans)

Returns

num_islands: int

Total number of clusters

island_labels: ndarray

Contains cluster membership of each pixel. Dimension equals input geometry. Entries range from 0 (not in the pixel mask) to num_islands.