ddm.data_handling.dask_image.read_data_into_dask#

ddm.data_handling.dask_image.read_data_into_dask(fname, nframes: int = 1, *, experiment: int = 0)[source]#

Read image data into a Dask Array. Provides a simple, fast mechanism to ingest image data into a Dask Array.

Parameters:

  • fname (str or pathlib.Path) – A glob like string that may match one or multiple filenames. Where multiple filenames match, they are sorted using natural (as opposed to alphabetical) sort.

  • nframes (int, optional) – Number of the frames to include in each chunk (default: 1).

  • experiment (int, optional) – select experiment if image stack contains multiple measurement series (default: 0)

Returns:

array – A Dask Array representing the contents of all image files.

Return type:

dask.array.Array