ROI Pixel Inclusion Background

ROI Pixel Inclusion Background

When geometry-based ROIs are rasterized, ENVI uses rules to determine whether a pixel will
be included in an ROI. Where the geometry lies in relation to the center line of a pixel
determines whether that pixel is in or out of the ROI.
Before ENVI applies the pixel-inclusion rules, it adjusts the vertices from the geometry as
follows:
If a vertex is inside a pixel, its location will be adjusted to the center of the pixel.
If many vertices are located within the same pixel, they will be reduced to a single
vertex located at the center of the pixel.
If a vertex is located on the corner of a pixel, it is not adjusted.
If a vertex is on the left, right, top, or bottom edge of a pixel (but not on a corner), it is
centered on the edge of the pixel.
Pixel inclusion is determined by the following:
If the center of any of the left, right, top, or bottom edges of the pixel are inside the
geometry, the pixel will be included in the ROI.
If a vertex of the geometry is within the pixel extents, the pixel will be included in the
ROI.
Using a single pixel in the examples below, the geometry in the left image does not cross any
center lines on the pixel; therefore, that pixel will not be included in the ROI. The center image
has geometry that crosses the top center line of the pixel, so that pixel will be included in the
ROI. The pixel in the right image will also be included, because it contains a vertex within the
pixel extents:

Using the Region of Interest (ROI) Tool to illustrate, the image below shows a polygon drawn to
define an ROI.

The next image shows the accepted polygon, and the pixels that were included in the ROI.

The final image shows the polygon overlaid on the ROI, to show how the rules were applied
when ENVI determined the pixels to include.