scikit-image/scikit-image — pull request #376 by JDWarner (2012-11-20 06:20:11+00:00)
Title: Unify peak finder backend

The API and functionality from `morphology.is_local_maximum()` was implemented in the faster framework of `feature.peak_local_max()`, and the documentation of both functions was updated.

* Backwards compatible: All current tests in both `feature` and `morphology` subpackages still pass.
* Speed: peak_local_max() runs at near-identical speed to the prior version, and is_local_maximum() is much faster (~20% of prior runtime).

Todo: New tests may be required for full coverage of the new peak_local_max(), but I wanted to get some other eyes on this and see if the implementation seemed reasonable before I go there.