def detection(
    input_image,
    max_num_features=None,
    method="log",
    threshold=0.5,
    min_sigma=3,
    max_sigma=20,
    overlap=0.5,
    return_sigmas=False,
    **kwargs,
):
    """
    .. _`feature.blob_*`:\
    https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/auto_examples/features_detection/plot_blob.html

    Interface to the `feature.blob_*`_ methods implemented in scikit-image. A
    blob is defined as a scale-space maximum of a Gaussian-filtered image.

    .. _ndarray:\
    https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html

    Parameters
    ----------
    input_image: array_like
        Array of shape (m, n) containing the input image. Nan values are ignored.
    max_num_features : int, optional
        The maximum number of blobs to detect. Set to None for no restriction.
        If specified, the most significant blobs are chosen based on their
        intensities in the corresponding Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG)-filtered
        images.
    method: {'log', 'dog', 'doh'}, optional
        The method to use: 'log' = Laplacian of Gaussian, 'dog' = Difference of
        Gaussian, 'doh' = Determinant of Hessian.
    threshold: float, optional
        Detection threshold.
    min_sigma: float, optional
        The minimum standard deviation for the Gaussian kernel.
    max_sigma: float, optional
        The maximum standard deviation for the Gaussian kernel.
    overlap: float, optional
        A value between 0 and 1. If the area of two blobs overlaps by a fraction
        greater than the value for overlap, the smaller blob is eliminated.
    return_sigmas: bool, optional
        If True, return the standard deviations of the Gaussian kernels
        corresponding to the detected blobs.

    Returns
    -------
    points: ndarray_
        Array of shape (p, 2) or (p, 3) indicating the pixel coordinates of *p*
        detected blobs. If return_sigmas is True, the third column contains
        the standard deviations of the Gaussian kernels corresponding to the
        blobs.
    """
    if method not in ["log", "dog", "doh"]:
        raise ValueError("unknown method %s, must be 'log', 'dog' or 'doh'" % method)

    if not SKIMAGE_IMPORTED:
        raise MissingOptionalDependency(
            "skimage is required for the blob_detection routine but it is not installed"
        )

    if method == "log":
        detector = feature.blob_log
    elif method == "dog":
        detector = feature.blob_dog
    else:
        detector = feature.blob_doh

    blobs = detector(
        input_image,
        min_sigma=min_sigma,
        max_sigma=max_sigma,
        threshold=threshold,
        overlap=overlap,
        **kwargs,
    )

    if max_num_features is not None and blobs.shape[0] > max_num_features:
        blob_intensities = []
        for i in range(blobs.shape[0]):
            gl_image = -gaussian_laplace(input_image, blobs[i, 2]) * blobs[i, 2] ** 2
            blob_intensities.append(gl_image[int(blobs[i, 0]), int(blobs[i, 1])])
        idx = np.argsort(blob_intensities)[::-1]
        blobs = blobs[idx[:max_num_features], :]

    if not return_sigmas:
        return np.column_stack([blobs[:, 1], blobs[:, 0]])
    else:
        return np.column_stack([blobs[:, 1], blobs[:, 0], blobs[:, 2]])
.. _`feature.blob_*`:\
https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/auto_examples/features_detection/plot_blob.html

Interface to the `feature.blob_*`_ methods implemented in scikit-image. A
blob is defined as a scale-space maximum of a Gaussian-filtered image.

.. _ndarray:\
https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html

Parameters
----------
input_image: array_like
Array of shape (m, n) containing the input image. Nan values are ignored.
max_num_features : int, optional
The maximum number of blobs to detect. Set to None for no restriction.
If specified, the most significant blobs are chosen based on their
intensities in the corresponding Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG)-filtered
images.
method: {'log', 'dog', 'doh'}, optional
The method to use: 'log' = Laplacian of Gaussian, 'dog' = Difference of
Gaussian, 'doh' = Determinant of Hessian.
threshold: float, optional
Detection threshold.
min_sigma: float, optional
The minimum standard deviation for the Gaussian kernel.
max_sigma: float, optional
The maximum standard deviation for the Gaussian kernel.
overlap: float, optional
A value between 0 and 1. If the area of two blobs overlaps by a fraction
greater than the value for overlap, the smaller blob is eliminated.
return_sigmas: bool, optional
If True, return the standard deviations of the Gaussian kernels
corresponding to the detected blobs.

Returns
-------
points: ndarray_
Array of shape (p, 2) or (p, 3) indicating the pixel coordinates of *p*
detected blobs. If return_sigmas is True, the third column contains
the standard deviations of the Gaussian kernels corresponding to the
blobs.
pysteps/feature/blob.py