Locan is a python-based library with code for analyzing fluoresence super-resolution microscopy data.

To install the package please read the instructions or:

pip install locan

For details on usage and development please read the documentation.

Tutorials are provided as Jupyter notebooks.

You can use the package in a docker container as described in docker/README.md.

Development takes place on the Locan GitHub page.

Please use GitHub issues to report bugs and feature requests. Use GitHub discussions for Q&A.

Please read documentation on development for details on how to help develop this project further.

See the list of contributors who participated in this project.

This project is licensed under the BSD-3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

If you want to acknowledge locan please cite the following publication:

Sören Doose, LOCAN: a python library for analyzing single-molecule localization microscopy data, Bioinformatics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btac160

Or cite this repository using the DOI provided by zenodo:

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5722472

Note this DOI will resolve to all versions of locan. To cite a specific version please find the DOI of that version on the zenodo page.