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		| Paper: | 
		Pixel Mask Filtering of the CIAO Data Model | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		523, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		563 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		He, H.; Cresitello-Dittmar, M.; Glotfelty, K. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The data model library (DM), a Chandra X-ray data analysis software (CIAO)
 package (Fruscione et al. 2006), facilitates a wide range of "on-the-fly" data manipulation
 capabilities such as copy, merge, bin and filtering. We have recently extended
 these capabilities to include pixel mask filtering.
 Pixel mask filtering is integrated into the DM region filtering syntax and logic,
 and thus complements the conventional geometric shape filtering.
 This integration allows for the standard operations on combining masks and shapes
 such as include, exclude, intersection, and union.
 The mask image is stored as a data block in the output file, and
 referenced by the region filter string in the data subspace.We will
 highlight the usage of pixel mask filtering in the CIAO software and discuss the
 unique features associated with the mask filtering. | 
	 
	
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