ENH: Outsource data filtering from estimator into its own module

docs/conf.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "nitransforms",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
+    "scipy",
     "seaborn",
     "skimage",
     "sklearn",

src/eddymotion/data/filtering.py

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# emacs: -*- mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+# vi: set ft=python sts=4 ts=4 sw=4 et:
+#
+# Copyright 2022 The NiPreps Developers <[email protected]>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# We support and encourage derived works from this project, please read
+# about our expectations at
+#
+#     https://www.nipreps.org/community/licensing/
+#
+"""Filtering data."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.ndimage import median_filter
+from skimage.morphology import ball
+
+DEFAULT_DTYPE = "int16"
+"""The default image's data type."""
+
+
+def advanced_clip(
+    data: np.ndarray,
+    p_min: float = 35,
+    p_max: float = 99.98,
+    nonnegative: bool = True,
+    dtype: str | np.dtype = DEFAULT_DTYPE,
+    invert: bool = False,
+) -> np.ndarray:
+    """
+    Clips outliers from a n-dimensional array and scales/casts to a specified data type.
+
+    This function removes outliers from both ends of the intensity distribution
+    in a n-dimensional array using percentiles. It optionally enforces non-negative
+    values and scales the data to fit within a specified data type (e.g., uint8
+    for image registration). To remove outliers more robustly, the function
+    first applies a median filter to the data before calculating clipping thresholds.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    data : :obj:`~numpy.ndarray`
+        The input n-dimensional data array.
+    p_min : :obj:`float`, optional (default=35)
+        The lower percentile threshold for clipping. Values below this percentile
+        are set to the threshold value.
+    p_max : :obj:`float`, optional (default=99.98)
+        The upper percentile threshold for clipping. Values above this percentile
+        are set to the threshold value.
+    nonnegative : :obj:`bool`, optional (default=``True``)
+        If True, only consider non-negative values when calculating thresholds.
+    dtype : :obj:`str` or :obj:`~numpy.dtype`, optional
+        The desired data type for the output array. Supported types are "uint8"
+        and "int16".
+    invert : :obj:`bool`, optional (default=``False``)
+        If True, inverts the intensity values after scaling (1.0 - data).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :obj:`~numpy.ndarray`
+        The clipped and scaled data array with the specified data type.
+
+    """
+
+    # Calculate stats on denoised version to avoid outlier bias
+    denoised = median_filter(data, footprint=ball(3))
+
+    a_min = np.percentile(denoised[denoised >= 0] if nonnegative else denoised, p_min)
+    a_max = np.percentile(denoised[denoised >= 0] if nonnegative else denoised, p_max)
+
+    # Clip and scale data
+    data = np.clip(data, a_min=a_min, a_max=a_max)
+    data -= data.min()
+    data /= data.max()
+
+    if invert:
+        data = 1.0 - data
+
+    if dtype in ("uint8", "int16"):
+        data = np.round(255 * data).astype(dtype)
+
+    return data

src/eddymotion/estimator.py

@@ -198,49 +198,12 @@ def estimate(
         return dwdata.em_affines
 
 
-def _advanced_clip(data, p_min=35, p_max=99.98, nonnegative=True, dtype="int16", invert=False):
-    """
-    Remove outliers at both ends of the intensity distribution and fit into a given dtype.
-
-    This interface tries to emulate ANTs workflows' massaging that truncate images into
-    the 0-255 range, and applies percentiles for clipping images.
-    For image registration, normalizing the intensity into a compact range (e.g., uint8)
-    is generally advised.
-
-    To more robustly determine the clipping thresholds, spikes are removed from data with
-    a median filter.
-    Once the thresholds are calculated, the denoised data are thrown away and the thresholds
-    are applied on the original image.
-
-    """
-    import numpy as np
-    from scipy import ndimage
-    from skimage.morphology import ball
-
-    # Calculate stats on denoised version, to preempt outliers from biasing
-    denoised = ndimage.median_filter(data, footprint=ball(3))
-
-    a_min = np.percentile(denoised[denoised >= 0] if nonnegative else denoised, p_min)
-    a_max = np.percentile(denoised[denoised >= 0] if nonnegative else denoised, p_max)
-
-    # Clip and cast
-    data = np.clip(data, a_min=a_min, a_max=a_max)
-    data -= data.min()
-    data /= data.max()
-
-    if invert:
-        data = 1.0 - data
-
-    if dtype in ("uint8", "int16"):
-        data = np.round(255 * data).astype(dtype)
-
-    return data
-
-
 def _to_nifti(data, affine, filename, clip=True):
     data = np.squeeze(data)
     if clip:
-        data = _advanced_clip(data)
+        from eddymotion.data.filtering import advanced_clip
+
+        data = advanced_clip(data)
     nii = nb.Nifti1Image(
         data,
         affine,
@@ -288,6 +251,7 @@ def _prepare_kwargs(dwdata, kwargs):
     kwargs : :obj:`dict`
         Keyword arguments.
     """
+    from eddymotion.data.filtering import advanced_clip as _advanced_clip
 
     if dwdata.brainmask is not None:
         kwargs["mask"] = dwdata.brainmask