, 'width_heights', 'left_ips', 'right_ips' If `width` is given, these keys are accessible. See `peak_widths` for a description of their content. * 'plateau_sizes', left_edges', 'right_edges' If `plateau_size` is given, these keys are accessible and contain the indices of a peak's edges (edges are still part of the plateau) and the calculated plateau sizes. .. versionadded:: 1.2.0 To calculate and return properties without excluding peaks, provide the open interval ``(None, None)`` as a value to the appropriate argument (excluding `distance`). Warns ----- PeakPropertyWarning Raised if a peak's properties have unexpected values (see `peak_prominences` and `peak_widths`). Warnings -------- This function may return unexpected results for data containing NaNs. To avoid this, NaNs should either be removed or replaced. See Also -------- find_peaks_cwt Find peaks using the wavelet transformation. peak_prominences Directly calculate the prominence of peaks. peak_widths Directly calculate the width of peaks. Notes ----- In the context of this function, a peak or local maximum is defined as any sample whose two direct neighbours have a smaller amplitude. For flat peaks (more than one sample of equal amplitude wide) the index of the middle sample is returned (rounded down in case the number of samples is even). For noisy signals the peak locations can be off because the noise might change the position of local maxima. In those cases consider smoothing the signal before searching for peaks or use other peak finding and fitting methods (like `find_peaks_cwt`). Some additional comments on specifying conditions: * Almost all conditions (excluding `distance`) can be given as half-open or closed intervals, e.g., ``1`` or ``(1, None)`` defines the half-open interval :math:`[1, \infty]` while ``(None, 1)`` defines the interval :math:`[-\infty, 1]`. The open interval ``(None, None)`` can be specified as well, which returns the matching properties without exclusion of peaks. * The border is always included in the interval used to select valid peaks. * For several conditions the interval borders can be specified with arrays matching `x` in shape which enables dynamic constrains based on the sample position. * The conditions are evaluated in the following order: `plateau_size`, `height`, `threshold`, `distance`, `prominence`, `width`. In most cases this order is the fastest one because faster operations are applied first to reduce the number of peaks that need to be evaluated later. * While indices in `peaks` are guaranteed to be at least `distance` samples apart, edges of flat peaks may be closer than the allowed `distance`. * Use `wlen` to reduce the time it takes to evaluate the conditions for `prominence` or `width` if `x` is large or has many local maxima (see `peak_prominences`). .. versionadded:: 1.1.0 Examples -------- To demonstrate this function's usage we use a signal `x` supplied with SciPy (see `scipy.datasets.electrocardiogram`). Let's find all peaks (local maxima) in `x` whose amplitude lies above 0. >>> import numpy as np >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> from scipy.datasets import electrocardiogram >>> from scipy.signal import find_peaks >>> x = electrocardiogram()[2000:4000] >>> peaks, _ = find_peaks(x, height=0) >>> plt.plot(x) >>> plt.plot(peaks, x[peaks], "x") >>> plt.plot(np.zeros_like(x), "--", color="gray") >>> plt.show() We can select peaks below 0 with ``height=(None, 0)`` or use arrays matching `x` in size to reflect a changing condition for different parts of the signal. >>> border = np.sin(np.linspace(0, 3 * np.pi, x.size)) >>> peaks, _ = find_peaks(x, height=(-border, border)) >>> plt.plot(x) >>> plt.plot(-border, "--", color="gray") >>> plt.plot(border, ":", color="gray") >>> plt.plot(peaks, x[peaks], "x") >>> plt.show() Another useful condition for periodic signals can be given with the `distance` argument. In this case, we can easily select the positions of QRS complexes within the electrocardiogram (ECG) by demanding a distance of at least 150 samples. >>> peaks, _ = find_peaks(x, distance=150) >>> np.diff(peaks) array([186, 180, 177, 171, 177, 169, 167, 164, 158, 162, 172]) >>> plt.plot(x) >>> plt.plot(peaks, x[peaks], "x") >>> plt.show() Especially for noisy signals peaks can be easily grouped by their prominence (see `peak_prominences`). E.g., we can select all peaks except for the mentioned QRS complexes by limiting the allowed prominence to 0.6. >>> peaks, properties = find_peaks(x, prominence=(None, 0.6)) >>> properties["prominences"].max() 0.5049999999999999 >>> plt.plot(x) >>> plt.plot(peaks, x[peaks], "x") >>> plt.show() And, finally, let's examine a different section of the ECG which contains beat forms of different shape. To select only the atypical heart beats, we combine two conditions: a minimal prominence of 1 and width of at least 20 samples. >>> x = electrocardiogram()[17000:18000] >>> peaks, properties = find_peaks(x, prominence=1, width=20) >>> properties["prominences"], properties["widths"] (array([1.495, 2.3 ]), array([36.93773946, 39.32723577])) >>> plt.plot(x) >>> plt.plot(peaks, x[peaks], "x") >>> plt.vlines(x=peaks, ymin=x[peaks] - properties["prominences"], ... ymax = x[peaks], color = "C1") >>> plt.hlines(y=properties["width_heights"], xmin=properties["left_ips"], ... xmax=properties["right_ips"], color = "C1") >>> plt.show() r