Philippsen, ASchenk, ADStahlberg, HEngel, A2020-02-132020-02-132020-02-132003-10-0110.1016/j.jsb.2003.09.032https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/165407We present the foundation for establishing a modular, collaborative, integrated, open-source architecture for image processing of electron microscopy images, named iplt. It is designed around object oriented paradigms and implemented using the programming languages C++ and Python. In many aspects it deviates from classical image processing approaches. This paper intends to motivate developers within the community to participate in this on-going project. The iplt homepage can be found at http: www.iplt.org. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.text::journal::journal article::research article