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+<!--- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above.
+      Indicate detector & algorithm if applicable, e.g. [AGIPD] [DARK] add plotting -->
+
+## Description
+<!--- Why is this change required? What problem does it solve?
+      If it fixes an open issue, please link to the issue here. -->
+
+## How Has This Been Tested?
+<!--- Please describe in detail how you tested your changes.
+      Include details of your testing environment, tests ran to see how
+      your change affects other areas of the code, etc. -->
+
+## Relevant Documents (optional)
+<!-- Include any relevant screenshot, elogs, reports, if appropriate. -->
+
+## Types of changes
+<!--- What types of changes does your code introduce? Uncomment all lines that apply: -->
+
+<!-- - Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) -->
+<!-- - New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) -->
+<!-- - Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected) -->
+
+## Checklist:
+<!--- Go over all the following points, and uncomment all lines that apply: -->
+
+<!-- - My code follows the code style of this project. -->
+<!-- - My change requires a change to the documentation. -->
+<!-- - I have updated the documentation accordingly. -->
+
+## Reviewers
+<!--- Tag a minimum of two reviewers -->