code: def __combine_windows(w1, w2):
      """
      Joins two windows (defined by tuple of slices) such that their maximum
      combined extend is covered by the new returned window.
      """
      res = []
      for s1, s2 in zip(w1, w2):
          res.append(
              slice(min(s1.start, s2.start), max(s1.stop, s2.stop))
          )
      return tuple(res)
  
imports: import numpy
  from scipy.ndimage import _ni_support
  from scipy.ndimage import distance_transform_edt, binary_erosion, generate_binary_structure
  from scipy.ndimage import label, find_objects
  from scipy.stats import pearsonr
label_desc: Use image node_id 24 for calling a global function with example usage: __combine_windows(w1, w2) and returns: tuple