What is a PacsObservation?

A PacsObservation or a PacsSimulation stores information about the

  • instrument (instrument attribute)
  • observation (slice attribute)
  • pointing (pointing attribute)

They do not contain the signal or mask data, but provide a means to access them through the method get_tod. They also do not contain the pointing matrix, which is obtained through the method get_pointing_matrix.