Index: trunk/psModules/src/objects/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/objects/Makefile.am	(revision 24874)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/objects/Makefile.am	(revision 24875)
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 	pmFootprintArraysMerge.c \
 	pmFootprintAssignPeaks.c \
+	pmFootprintCullPeaks.c \
 	pmFootprintFind.c \
 	pmFootprintFindAtPoint.c \
Index: trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprint.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprint.h	(revision 24874)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprint.h	(revision 24875)
@@ -51,12 +51,16 @@
 void pmSetFootprintArrayIDsForImage(psImage *idImage,
                                     const psArray *footprints, // the footprints to insert
-                                    const bool relativeIDs); // show IDs starting at 0, not pmFootprint->id
+                                    const bool relativeIDs // show IDs starting at 0, not pmFootprint->id
+    );
 
 psErrorCode pmFootprintsAssignPeaks(psArray *footprints, const psArray *peaks);
 
-psErrorCode pmFootprintArrayCullPeaks(const psImage *img, const psImage *weight, psArray *footprints,
-                                 const float nsigma, const float threshold_min);
-psErrorCode pmFootprintCullPeaks(const psImage *img, const psImage *weight, pmFootprint *fp,
-                                 const float nsigma, const float threshold_min);
+psErrorCode pmFootprintCullPeaks(const psImage *img,       // the image wherein lives the footprint
+				 const psImage *weight,	   // corresponding variance image
+				 pmFootprint *fp,	   // Footprint containing mortal peaks
+				 const float nsigma_delta, // how many sigma above local background a peak needs to be to survive
+				 const float fPadding, // fractional padding added to stdev since bright peaks have unreasonably high significance
+				 const float min_threshold // minimum permitted coll height
+    );
 
 psArray *pmFootprintArrayToPeaks(const psArray *footprints);
Index: trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprintCullPeaks.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprintCullPeaks.c	(revision 24875)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmFootprintCullPeaks.c	(revision 24875)
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+/* @file  pmFootprint.c
+ * low-level pmFootprint functions
+ *
+ * @author RHL, Princeton & IfA; EAM, IfA
+ *
+ * @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ * @date $Date: 2008-12-08 02:51:14 $
+ * Copyright 2006 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <pslib.h>
+#include "pmSpan.h"
+#include "pmFootprint.h"
+#include "pmPeaks.h"
+
+ /*
+  * Examine the peaks in a pmFootprint, and throw away the ones that are not sufficiently
+  * isolated.  More precisely, for each peak find the highest coll that you'd have to traverse
+  * to reach a still higher peak --- and if that coll's more than nsigma DN below your
+  * starting point, discard the peak.
+  */
+
+# define IN_PEAK 1 
+psErrorCode pmFootprintCullPeaks(const psImage *img, // the image wherein lives the footprint
+				 const psImage *weight,	// corresponding variance image
+				 pmFootprint *fp, // Footprint containing mortal peaks
+				 const float nsigma_delta, // how many sigma above local background a peak needs to be to survive
+				 const float fPadding, // fractional padding added to stdev since bright peaks have unreasonably high significance
+				 const float min_threshold) { // minimum permitted coll height
+    assert (img != NULL); assert (img->type.type == PS_TYPE_F32);
+    assert (weight != NULL); assert (weight->type.type == PS_TYPE_F32);
+    assert (img->row0 == weight->row0 && img->col0 == weight->col0);
+    assert (fp != NULL);
+
+    if (fp->peaks == NULL || fp->peaks->n == 0) { // nothing to do
+	return PS_ERR_NONE;
+    }
+
+    psRegion subRegion;			// desired subregion; 1 larger than bounding box (grr)
+    subRegion.x0 = fp->bbox.x0; subRegion.x1 = fp->bbox.x1 + 1;
+    subRegion.y0 = fp->bbox.y0; subRegion.y1 = fp->bbox.y1 + 1;
+
+    psImage *subImg = psImageSubset((psImage *)img, subRegion);
+    psImage *subWt = psImageSubset((psImage *)weight, subRegion);
+    assert (subImg != NULL && subWt != NULL);
+
+    psImage *idImg = psImageAlloc(subImg->numCols, subImg->numRows, PS_TYPE_S32);
+
+    // We need a psArray of peaks brighter than the current peak.  
+    // We reject peaks which either:
+    // 1) are below the local threshold
+    // 2) have a brighter peak within their threshold
+
+    // allocate the full-sized array.  if the final array is much smaller, we can realloc
+    // at that point.
+    psArray *brightPeaks = psArrayAllocEmpty(fp->peaks->n);
+    psArrayAdd (brightPeaks, 128, fp->peaks->data[0]);
+
+    // The brightest peak is always safe; go through other peaks trying to cull them
+    for (int i = 1; i < fp->peaks->n; i++) { // n.b. fp->peaks->n can change within the loop
+	const pmPeak *peak = fp->peaks->data[i];
+	int x = peak->x - subImg->col0;
+	int y = peak->y - subImg->row0;
+	//
+	// Find the level nsigma below the peak that must separate the peak
+	// from any of its friends
+	//
+	assert (x >= 0 && x < subImg->numCols && y >= 0 && y < subImg->numRows);
+
+	// const float stdev = sqrt(subWt->data.F32[y][x]);
+	// float threshold = subImg->data.F32[y][x] - nsigma_delta*stdev;
+
+	const float stdev = sqrt(subWt->data.F32[y][x]);
+	const float flux = subImg->data.F32[y][x];
+	const float fStdev = fabs(stdev/flux);
+	const float stdev_pad = fabs(flux * hypot(fStdev, fPadding));
+	// if flux is negative, careful with fStdev
+
+	float threshold = flux - nsigma_delta*stdev_pad;
+	
+	if (isnan(threshold) || threshold < min_threshold) {
+	    // min_threshold is assumed to be below the detection threshold,
+	    // so all the peaks are pmFootprint, and this isn't the brightest
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	// XXX EAM : if stdev >= 0, i'm not sure how this can ever be true?
+	if (threshold > subImg->data.F32[y][x]) {
+	    threshold = subImg->data.F32[y][x] - 10*FLT_EPSILON;
+	}
+
+	// XXX this is a bit expensive: psImageAlloc for every peak contained in this footprint
+	// perhaps this should alloc a single ID image above and pass it in to be set.
+
+	// XXX optionally use the faster pmFootprintsFind if the subimage size is large (eg, M31)
+
+	// at this point brightPeaks only has the peaks brighter than the current
+	pmFootprint *peakFootprint = pmFootprintsFindAtPoint(subImg, threshold, brightPeaks, peak->y, peak->x);
+
+	// XXX need to supply the image here
+	// we set the IDs to either 1 (in peak) or 0 (not in peak)
+	pmSetFootprintID (idImg, peakFootprint, IN_PEAK);
+	psFree(peakFootprint);
+
+	// Check if any of the previous (brighter) peaks are within the footprint of this peak
+	// If so, the current peak is bogus; drop it.
+	bool keep = true;
+	for (int j = 0; keep && (j < brightPeaks->n); j++) {
+	    const pmPeak *peak2 = fp->peaks->data[j];
+	    int x2 = peak2->x - subImg->col0;
+	    int y2 = peak2->y - subImg->row0;
+	    if (idImg->data.S32[y2][x2] == IN_PEAK) 
+		// There's a brighter peak within the footprint above threshold; so cull our initial peak
+		keep = false;
+	}
+	if (!keep) continue;
+
+	psArrayAdd (brightPeaks, 128, fp->peaks->data[i]);
+    }
+
+    psFree (fp->peaks);
+    fp->peaks = brightPeaks;
+
+    psFree(idImg);
+    psFree(subImg);
+    psFree(subWt);
+
+    return PS_ERR_NONE;
+}
+
+
+ /*
+  * Examine the peaks in a pmFootprint, and throw away the ones that are not sufficiently
+  * isolated.  More precisely, for each peak find the highest coll that you'd have to traverse
+  * to reach a still higher peak --- and if that coll's more than nsigma DN below your
+  * starting point, discard the peak.
+  */
+psErrorCode pmFootprintCullPeaks_OLD(const psImage *img, // the image wherein lives the footprint
+				 const psImage *weight,	// corresponding variance image
+				 pmFootprint *fp, // Footprint containing mortal peaks
+				 const float nsigma_delta, // how many sigma above local background a peak needs to be to survive
+				 const float fPadding, // fractional padding added to stdev since bright peaks have unreasonably high significance
+				 const float min_threshold) { // minimum permitted coll height
+    assert (img != NULL); assert (img->type.type == PS_TYPE_F32);
+    assert (weight != NULL); assert (weight->type.type == PS_TYPE_F32);
+    assert (img->row0 == weight->row0 && img->col0 == weight->col0);
+    assert (fp != NULL);
+
+    if (fp->peaks == NULL || fp->peaks->n == 0) { // nothing to do
+	return PS_ERR_NONE;
+    }
+
+    psRegion subRegion;			// desired subregion; 1 larger than bounding box (grr)
+    subRegion.x0 = fp->bbox.x0; subRegion.x1 = fp->bbox.x1 + 1;
+    subRegion.y0 = fp->bbox.y0; subRegion.y1 = fp->bbox.y1 + 1;
+    const psImage *subImg = psImageSubset((psImage *)img, subRegion);
+    const psImage *subWt = psImageSubset((psImage *)weight, subRegion);
+    assert (subImg != NULL && subWt != NULL);
+    //
+    // We need a psArray of peaks brighter than the current peak.  We'll fake this
+    // by reusing the fp->peaks but lying about n.
+    //
+    // We do this for efficiency (otherwise I'd need two peaks lists), and we are
+    // rather too chummy with psArray in consequence.  But it works.
+    //
+    psArray *brightPeaks = psArrayAlloc(0);
+    psFree(brightPeaks->data);
+    brightPeaks->data = psMemIncrRefCounter(fp->peaks->data);// use the data from fp->peaks
+    //
+    // The brightest peak is always safe; go through other peaks trying to cull them
+    //
+    for (int i = 1; i < fp->peaks->n; i++) { // n.b. fp->peaks->n can change within the loop
+	const pmPeak *peak = fp->peaks->data[i];
+	int x = peak->x - subImg->col0;
+	int y = peak->y - subImg->row0;
+	//
+	// Find the level nsigma below the peak that must separate the peak
+	// from any of its friends
+	//
+	assert (x >= 0 && x < subImg->numCols && y >= 0 && y < subImg->numRows);
+
+	// stdev ~ sqrt(flux) : for bright regions (f ~ 1e6, sqrt(f) = 1e3 -- unrealistically small deviations)
+	// add additional padding in quadrature:
+
+	const float stdev = sqrt(subWt->data.F32[y][x]);
+	const float flux = subImg->data.F32[y][x];
+	const float fStdev = stdev/flux;
+	const float stdev_pad = flux * hypot(fStdev, fPadding);
+	float threshold = flux - nsigma_delta*stdev_pad;
+
+	if (isnan(threshold) || threshold < min_threshold) {
+#if 1	  // min_threshold is assumed to be below the detection threshold,
+	  // so all the peaks are pmFootprint, and this isn't the brightest
+	    // XXX mark peak to be dropped
+	    (void)psArrayRemoveIndex(fp->peaks, i);
+	    i--;			// we moved everything down one
+	    continue;
+#else
+#error n.b. We will be running LOTS of checks at this threshold, so only find the footprint once
+	    threshold = min_threshold;
+#endif
+	}
+
+	// XXX EAM : if stdev >= 0, i'm not sure how this can ever be true?
+	if (threshold > subImg->data.F32[y][x]) {
+	    threshold = subImg->data.F32[y][x] - 10*FLT_EPSILON;
+	}
+
+	// XXX this is a bit expensive: psImageAlloc for every peak contained in this footprint
+	// perhaps this should alloc a single ID image above and pass it in to be set.
+
+	const int peak_id = 1;		// the ID for the peak of interest
+	brightPeaks->n = i;		// only stop at a peak brighter than we are
+
+	// XXX optionally use the faster pmFootprintsFind if the subimage size is large (eg, M31)
+
+	pmFootprint *peakFootprint = pmFootprintsFindAtPoint(subImg, threshold, brightPeaks, peak->y, peak->x);
+	brightPeaks->n = 0;		// don't double free
+	psImage *idImg = pmSetFootprintID(NULL, peakFootprint, peak_id);
+	psFree(peakFootprint);
+
+	// Check if any of the previous (brighter) peaks are within the footprint of this peak
+	// If so, the current peak is bogus; drop it.
+	int j;
+	for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+	    const pmPeak *peak2 = fp->peaks->data[j];
+	    int x2 = peak2->x - subImg->col0;
+	    int y2 = peak2->y - subImg->row0;
+	    const int peak2_id = idImg->data.S32[y2][x2]; // the ID for some other peak
+
+	    if (peak2_id == peak_id) {	// There's a brighter peak within the footprint above
+		;			// threshold; so cull our initial peak
+		(void)psArrayRemoveIndex(fp->peaks, i);
+		i--;			// we moved everything down one
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+	if (j == i) {
+	    j++;
+	}
+
+	psFree(idImg);
+    }
+
+    brightPeaks->n = 0; psFree(brightPeaks);
+    psFree((psImage *)subImg);
+    psFree((psImage *)subWt);
+
+    return PS_ERR_NONE;
+}
+
