Related projects#
This is a non-exhaustive list of related, open-source projects for analysis of EBSD data that users of kikuchipy might find useful:
HyperSpy: Python library with tools for multi-dimensional data analysis, which kikuchipy builds upon.
EMsoft: Series of Fortran programs which, among numerous other tasks, can dynamically simulate EBSD, Electron Channeling Pattern (ECP) and Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction (TKD) master patterns.
orix: Python library for handling crystal orientation mapping data. kikuchipy depends on orix for all operations with vectors, rotations and crystal symmetry.
diffsims: Python library for simulating diffraction. kikuchipy depends on diffsims for handling of reciprocal lattice vectors.
pyxem: Python library for multi-dimensional diffraction microscopy.
MTEX: Matlab toolbox for analyzing and modeling crystallographic textures by means of EBSD or pole figure data.
AstroEBSD: Matlab package with indexing tools for EBSD patterns.
xcdskd: Python library with tools for Kikuchi Diffraction in the SEM, with example Jupyter Notebooks.
OpenXY: Matlab tool for cross-correlation analysis of EBSD patterns.
DefDAP: Python package for correlating EBSD and high-resolution digital image correlation data.
pycotem: Python package for working with crystal orientations in transmission electron microscopy.