added ellipsoid option (we can chat about naming conventions etc)

src/ttmask/__init__.py

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 from .cuboid import cuboid
 from .cube import cube
 from .cone import cone
+from .ellipsoid import ellipsoid
 
 

src/ttmask/ellipsoid.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from ._cli import cli
+import numpy as np
+import einops
+import typer
+from scipy.ndimage import distance_transform_edt
+import mrcfile
+
+
+@cli.command(name='ellipsoid')
+def ellipsoid(
+    sidelength: int = typer.Option(...),
+    width: float = typer.Option(...),
+    height: float = typer.Option(...),
+    depth: float = typer.Option(...),
+    soft_edge_width: int = typer.Option(0),
+    mrc_voxel_size: float = typer.Option(...),
+    output: str = typer.Option("ellipsoid.mrc"),
+):
+    c = sidelength // 2
+    center = np.array([c, c, c])
+    mask = np.zeros(shape=(sidelength, sidelength, sidelength), dtype=np.float32)
+
+    # positions of all pixels
+    positions = np.indices([sidelength, sidelength, sidelength])
+    positions = einops.rearrange(positions, 'zyx d h w -> d h w zyx')
+
+    difference = np.abs(positions - center)  # (100, 100, 100, 3)
+    distances = np.linalg.norm(difference, axis=-1)
+
+    x_magnitude = difference[:, :, :, 2]
+    y_magnitude = difference[:, :, :, 1]
+    z_magnitude = difference[:, :, :, 0]
+
+    x_axis_length = depth / 2
+    y_axis_length = height / 2
+    z_axis_length = width / 2
+
+    in_ellipsoid = (((x_magnitude) ** 2) / (x_axis_length ** 2)) + ((y_magnitude ** 2) / (y_axis_length ** 2)) + (
+            (z_magnitude ** 2) / (z_axis_length ** 2)) <= 1
+    mask[in_ellipsoid] = 1
+
+    distance_from_edge = distance_transform_edt(mask == 0)
+    boundary_pixels = (distance_from_edge <= soft_edge_width) & (distance_from_edge != 0)
+    normalised_distance_from_edge = (distance_from_edge[boundary_pixels] / soft_edge_width) * np.pi
+
+    mask[boundary_pixels] = (0.5 * np.cos(normalised_distance_from_edge) + 0.5)
+
+    mrcfile.write(output, mask, voxel_size=mrc_voxel_size, overwrite=True)