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from openpiv import tools, pyprocess, validation, filters, scaling
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
import imageio
frame_a = tools.imread('../test8/frame0001.tif')
frame_b = tools.imread('../test8/frame0002.tif')
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(12,10))
ax[0].imshow(frame_a,cmap=plt.cm.gray)
ax[1].imshow(frame_b,cmap=plt.cm.gray)
<matplotlib.image.AxesImage at 0x7f434eb09d30>
# %pdb
# np.seterr(all="raise")
winsize = 24 # pixels
searchsize = 48 # pixels, search in image B
overlap = 12 # pixels
dt = 1./30 # sec, assume 30 fps
frame_a[:600,:] = 0 # basically masking out the non-illuminated region
frame_b[:600,:] = 0
u0, v0, sig2noise = pyprocess.extended_search_area_piv(frame_a.astype(np.int32),
frame_b.astype(np.int32),
window_size=winsize,
overlap=overlap, dt=dt,
search_area_size=searchsize,
sig2noise_method='peak2peak',
correlation_method='linear',
normalized_correlation=True)
x, y = pyprocess.get_coordinates(frame_a.shape,searchsize, overlap)
u1, v1, mask = validation.sig2noise_val( u0, v0, sig2noise, threshold = 1.2)
u2, v2 = filters.replace_outliers( u1, v1, method='localmean', max_iter=1, kernel_size=3)
# x, y, u3, v3 = scaling.uniform(x, y, u2, v2, scaling_factor = 1. )
x, y, u2, v2 = tools.transform_coordinates(x, y, u2, v2)
tools.save(x, y, u2, v2, sig2noise, mask, 'exp1_001.txt' )
# tools.display_vector_field('exp1_001.txt', scaling_factor=100., width=0.0025)
# If you need a larger view:
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12,12))
tools.display_vector_field('exp1_001.txt', ax=ax, scaling_factor=1.0,
scale=1000, width=0.0045, on_img=True,
image_name='../test8/frame0001.tif');