In addition to hardware resource, the epA consists in a set of commercial, open source and in house-developed software for 3D image processing/analysis and scientific visualization. The list of commercial software includes Avizo 3D and VG Studio Max. The list of in house-developed software includes GPU processing-based tomographic reconstruction software and the Empa Bundle of ImageJ Plugins for Image Analysis (EBIPIA), developed and maintained by Beat Münch (Concrete/Construction Chemistry Laboratory, Empa).

The epA architecture is designed in order to allow users to work both interactively and by remote desktop (or shell) connection with the different hardware platforms.

The epA documentation is available on the Empa Wiki for Imaging/Image Analysis (accessible only from the Empa LAN).

The epA is maintained by the Center for X-ray Analytics and was initially funded by the Empa Board of Directors, the Departments “Materials meet Life” and Engineering Sciences, the Laboratory of Multiscale Studies in Building Physics, the Protection and Physiology Laboratory and the Concrete/ & Asphalt Laboratory.