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<strong>MOPEX</strong> User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Figure 8.9: As a result of temporal detection, the sign of the pixels of clusters 3 and 4 has<br />

been changed. Also some of the pixels of cluster 2 have their sign changed. Cluster 5 is<br />

probably a moving source - the spatial detection suggests that it is real, but the temporal<br />

detection shows that it is no longer at the same coordinates in subsequent frames. One of the<br />

pixels in cluster 5 has its sign unchanged. This could happen if an overlapping frame has a<br />

radhit affecting the corresponding pixel.<br />

Dual Detection Map Correction<br />

The processing is done by the Level module. The dual detection map is processed in order to<br />

eliminate detection of the outskirts of legitimate point sources as dual outliers. If a dual<br />

outlier belongs to a cluster where the majority of pixels are not dual outliers the chances are<br />

the pixel has been wrongly marked because it is on the edge of the point source.<br />

The sign of wrongly marked pixels is flipped based on the namelist parameter Threshold<br />

Ratio. If the number of negative pixels N- in a cluster with N pixels is smaller than the<br />

threshold<br />

N −<br />

N<br />

< Threshold _ Ratio<br />

Equation 8.2<br />

then their signs are flipped. If the number of positive pixels N+ in a cluster with N pixels is<br />

smaller than the threshold<br />

Basic Concepts in <strong>MOPEX</strong> 189<br />

Out lier Det ect ion

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