10. HDF5 AND ALBULA
10.1. ALBULA Overview
ALBULA is a cross-platform image viewer developed and maintained by DECTRIS
®
. It is a fast and easy-to-use
program that allows optimal visualization of the data collected with DECTRIS detectors. The ALBULA API pro-
vides a Python interface for image display and for data processing and analysis. The API also enables easy
integration of viewer functionality with the user infrastructure and experimental setups.
ALBULA can be downloaded for free
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at www.dectris.com. Scripts written in Python using ALBULA can be
used to read, display and store data taken by the EIGER2 detectors.
Figure 10.1: Screenshot ALBULA showing crystallographic data acquired by an EIGER X 9M
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Registration required
DECTRIS EIGER
®
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