.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_features_detection_plot_censure.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_features_detection_plot_censure.py:


========================
CENSURE feature detector
========================

The CENSURE feature detector is a scale-invariant center-surround detector
(CENSURE) that claims to outperform other detectors and is capable of real-time
implementation.




.. image:: /auto_examples/features_detection/images/sphx_glr_plot_censure_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    from skimage import data
    from skimage import transform as tf
    from skimage.feature import CENSURE
    from skimage.color import rgb2gray

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    img_orig = rgb2gray(data.astronaut())
    tform = tf.AffineTransform(scale=(1.5, 1.5), rotation=0.5,
                               translation=(150, -200))
    img_warp = tf.warp(img_orig, tform)

    detector = CENSURE()

    fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 6))

    detector.detect(img_orig)

    ax[0].imshow(img_orig, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
    ax[0].scatter(detector.keypoints[:, 1], detector.keypoints[:, 0],
                  2 ** detector.scales, facecolors='none', edgecolors='r')
    ax[0].set_title("Original Image")

    detector.detect(img_warp)

    ax[1].imshow(img_warp, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
    ax[1].scatter(detector.keypoints[:, 1], detector.keypoints[:, 0],
                  2 ** detector.scales, facecolors='none', edgecolors='r')
    ax[1].set_title('Transformed Image')

    for a in ax:
        a.axis('off')
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  2.199 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_features_detection_plot_censure.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_censure.py <plot_censure.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_censure.ipynb <plot_censure.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
