Open AccessX‐ray Spectral Imaging Program: XSIP
Author(s) -
Qi Peng,
Samadi Nazanin,
Chapman Dean
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577520010838
Subject(s) - monochromator , synchrotron radiation , software , python (programming language) , workflow , synchrotron , computer science , optics , imaging spectroscopy , image processing , data processing , spectral imaging , computational science , physics , computer graphics (images) , artificial intelligence , hyperspectral imaging , database , wavelength , image (mathematics) , programming language , operating system
Spectral K ‐edge subtraction imaging and wide‐field energy‐dispersive X‐ray absorption spectroscopy imaging are novel, related, synchrotron imaging techniques for element absorption contrast imaging and element speciation imaging, respectively. These two techniques serve different goals but share the same X‐ray optics principles with a bent Laue type monochromator and the same data processing algorithms. As there is a growing interest to implement these novel techniques in synchrotron facilities, Python‐based software has been developed to automate the data processing procedures for both techniques. In this paper, the concept of the essential data processing algorithms are explained, the workflow of the software is described, and the main features and some related utilities are introduced.