photon -> event

Author: d-v-b

src/anscombe_transform/common.py

@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ def make_demo_data(
         n_frames: int = 50,
         height: int = 256,
         width: int = 256,
-        mean_photon_rate: float = 5.0,
+        mean_event_rate: float = 5.0,
         zero_level: float = 20.0,
         conversion_gain: float = 30.0
         ) -> np.ndarray:
     """
     A convenience function for generating synthetic imaging data
     """
 
-    photon_rate = np.random.exponential(scale=mean_photon_rate, size=(1, height, width))
-    photon_counts = np.random.poisson(np.tile(photon_rate, (n_frames, 1, 1)))
-    measured_signal = photon_counts + np.random.randn(n_frames, height, width) * 0.2
+    event_rate = np.random.exponential(scale=mean_event_rate, size=(1, height, width))
+    event_counts = np.random.poisson(np.tile(event_rate, (n_frames, 1, 1)))
+    measured_signal = event_counts + np.random.randn(n_frames, height, width) * 0.2
 
     return (zero_level + conversion_gain * measured_signal).astype('int16')