Bsoft is a collection of programs and a platform for development of software for image and molecular processing in structural biology. Problems in structural biology are approached with a highly modular design, allowing fast development of new algorithms without the burden of issues such as file I/O. It provides an easily accessible interface, a resource that can be and has been used in other packages. Several workflows such as for single particle analysis and tomography are supported with parameter exchange as well as the ability to do distributed processing across heterogeneous clusters of computers.

Technical details

Version: 1.5.4

OS support: Unix

Unix

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...

 (Mac OS X, IRIX, Linux, AIX, Solaris, Tru64), VMS

VMS

- Communication and transportation :* Voice Mail System, automated telephone messaging* Video Messaging Service , video messaging for 3G handsets* VMS MobiFone, one of the largest mobile phone operators in Vietnam...

Image format support: BioRad, Brix, CCP4, Digital Instruments, EM, Goodford, GRD, Imagic, JPEG

JPEG

In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....

, MFF, Image Magick, MRC, PIC, PIF, Spider, Suprim, TIFF, RAW

Publications

• Heymann, J. B. (2001). Bsoft: image and molecular processing in electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology 133 (2-3): 156 - 69.
• Heymann, J. B., and Belnap, D. M. (2007). Bsoft: Image processing and molecular modeling for electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology 157: 3 - 18.