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Regions are two-dimensional filters that can be used to include or exclude data from a given data file. They may be applied to any column in a file (time, spatial, etc.). Regions can be read and written by the ds9 imaging tool and read by CIAO tools (e.g. using a region with dmextract to extract just the source photons).

Regions are made up of a number of shapes that are listed in the dmregions ahelp page. The shapes can either be inclusive or exclusive and can be combined using either a boolean AND or boolean OR operation.

For more information on creating and using regions, see the following threads:

• Using CIAO Region Files
• Creating Source and Background Files
• Using the Output of Detect Tools

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