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BioXTAS RAW : improvements to a free open‐source program for small‐angle X‐ray scattering data reduction and analysis
Author(s) -
Hopkins Jesse Bennett,
Gillilan Richard E.,
Skou Soren
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s1600576717011438
Subject(s) - small angle x ray scattering , beamline , deconvolution , data reduction , python (programming language) , scattering , computational science , small angle scattering , radius of gyration , computer science , synchrotron , background subtraction , fourier transform , software , optics , physics , data mining , beam (structure) , nuclear magnetic resonance , polymer , pixel , quantum mechanics , programming language , operating system
BioXTAS RAW is a graphical‐user‐interface‐based free open‐source Python program for reduction and analysis of small‐angle X‐ray solution scattering (SAXS) data. The software is designed for biological SAXS data and enables creation and plotting of one‐dimensional scattering profiles from two‐dimensional detector images, standard data operations such as averaging and subtraction and analysis of radius of gyration and molecular weight, and advanced analysis such as calculation of inverse Fourier transforms and envelopes. It also allows easy processing of inline size‐exclusion chromatography coupled SAXS data and data deconvolution using the evolving factor analysis method. It provides an alternative to closed‐source programs such as Primus and ScÅtter for primary data analysis. Because it can calibrate, mask and integrate images it also provides an alternative to synchrotron beamline pipelines that scientists can install on their own computers and use both at home and at the beamline.