Sdtfile is a Python library to read SDT files produced by Becker & Hickl SPCM software. SDT files contain time correlated single photon counting instrumentation parameters and measurement data. Currently only the "Setup & Data", "DLL Data", and "FCS Data" formats are supported.
Becker & Hickl GmbH is a manufacturer of equipment for photon counting.
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BSD 3-Clause
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2024.4.24
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Install the sdtfile package and all dependencies from the Python Package Index:
python -m pip install -U sdtfileSee Examples for using the programming interface.
Source code and support are available on GitHub.
This revision was tested with the following requirements and dependencies (other versions may work):
2024.4.24
- Support NumPy 2.
2023.9.28
- Update structs to SPCM v.9.66 (breaking).
- Shorten MEASURE_INFO struct to meas_desc_block_length.
2023.8.30
- Fix linting issues.
- Add py.typed marker.
- Drop support for Python 3.8 and numpy < 1.22 (NEP29).
2022.9.28
- Convert docstrings to Google style with Sphinx directives.
2022.2.2
- Add type hints.
- Drop support for Python 3.7 and numpy < 1.19 (NEP29).
2021.11.18
- Fix reading FLIM files created by Prairie View software (#5).
2021.3.21
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Refer to the CHANGES file for older revisions.
- W Becker. The bh TCSPC Handbook. 9th Edition. Becker & Hickl GmbH 2021. pp 879.
- SPC_data_file_structure.h header file. Part of the Becker & Hickl SPCM software installation.
Read image and metadata from a "SPC Setup & Data File":
>>> sdt = SdtFile('image.sdt') >>> int(sdt.header.revision) 588 >>> sdt.info.id[1:-1] 'SPC Setup & Data File' >>> int(sdt.measure_info[0].scan_x[0]) 128 >>> len(sdt.data) 1 >>> sdt.data[0].shape (128, 128, 256) >>> sdt.times[0].shape (256,)
Read data and metadata from a "SPC Setup & Data File" with multiple data sets:
>>> sdt = SdtFile('fluorescein.sdt') >>> len(sdt.data) 4 >>> sdt.data[3].shape (1, 1024) >>> sdt.times[3].shape (1024,)
Read image data from a "SPC FCS Data File" as numpy array:
>>> sdt = SdtFile('fcs.sdt') >>> sdt.info.id[1:-1] 'SPC FCS Data File' >>> len(sdt.data) 1 >>> sdt.data[0].shape (512, 512, 256) >>> sdt.times[0].shape (256,)