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ampscan is an open-source Python package for analysis and visualisation of digitised surface scan data, specifically for applications within Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O), with an aim to improve evidence- based clinical practice towards improved patient outcomes. The P&O industry is increasingly using surface scanners as part of clinical practice to capture patients’ individual anatomic geometry, and design personalised devices. ampscan gives clinicians access to powerful tools to enhance their records and the evidence-base behind their practice. It gives researchers the capability to analyse data in a robust manner, and the project’s open-source distribution enables the community to contribute to the tool’s development, for example towards a mutually agreed standards of metrics and results presentation.

This package has been designed to be accessible for researchers with only a limited knowledge of Python. Therefore, analysis procedures can all be accessed using the lightweight Graphical User Interface.

ampscan relies heavily on numpy and scipy to perform mathematical operations with visualisation handled by PyQt and VTK. The package is still under development by researchers at the Amputee BioEngineering Lab (ABEL) at University of Southampton. The foundations of this toolbox were developed in research funded by: * the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), grants EP/M508147/1 and EP/M000303/1, and * the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), grant RF/130. For full documentation, visit the ampscan website.

Installing ampscan

ampscan has a number of dependencies, namely; NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, PyQt and vtk. We recommend using conda to deal with these. Before installation, ensure your environment is using Python 3.

Install dependencies using conda:

conda install numpy scipy pyqt matplotlib vtk==8.1.0

For the most up to date version of ampscan, clone directly from the github repository using:

git clone https://github.com/abel-research/ampscan

Navigate to the ampscan/ directory and run a pip install using:

pip install -e .

ampscan will soon be available on pip once v0.3 is released

Testing

Testing is performed automatically using Travis Ci.

Getting Started

Developers Guide