diff --git a/scripts/fetch-ehtim.sh b/scripts/fetch-ehtim.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to fetch and install eht-imaging project (M87 blackhole study)
+# For more details on eht-imaging refer to the links below:
+# https://github.com/achael/eht-imaging
+# https://achael.github.io/_pages/imaging/
+
+# The following function does the following:
+# 1. Fetches latest eht-imaging software in specified working dir
+#    (default current-dir/numpy_ehtim_dep)
+# 2. Assumes virtualenv, python and pip are available and installs graphviz, pipdeptree
+# 3. Git clones eht-imaging package
+#
+# To generate eht-imaging package dependency graph and highlight the role of NumPy
+# use the script numpy-ehtim-dep-graph.sh
+# 
+
+get_latest_ehtim() {
+
+  nowdir=`pwd`
+  cd $1
+  
+  if [ -d numpy_ehtim_dep ];
+  then
+    \rm -rf numpy_ehtim_dep
+  fi
+  mkdir numpy_ehtim_dep 
+  cd numpy_ehtim_dep
+  
+  virtualenv EHTIMENV
+  source EHTIMENV/bin/activate
+
+  ygraphviz=`pip list | grep graphviz`
+  if [ -z "$ygraphviz" ];
+  then
+    pip install graphviz
+  fi
+
+  ypipdeptree=`pip list | grep pipdeptree`
+  if [ -z "$ypipdeptree" ];
+  then
+    pip install pipdeptree
+  fi
+  
+  git clone https://github.com/achael/eht-imaging.git
+  cd eht-imaging
+  pip install .
+
+  deactivate 
+  cd $nowdir
+  return 0
+}
+
+display_help() {
+  echo "Usage:"
+  echo ""
+  echo "./fetch-ehtim.sh workingdir"
+  echo ""
+  echo "where workingdir is the directory where latest eht-imaging sources will be git cloned and built."
+  echo ""
+}
+
+curdir=`pwd`
+
+if [[ ( $# -gt 1 ) || ( -z "$1" ) || ("$1" == "-h" ) || ("$1" == "--help") ]];
+then
+  display_help
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$1" ];
+then
+  echo "Error: $1 is not a valid directory!!!"
+  exit
+fi
+
+get_latest_ehtim $1
+
+echo Done!
diff --git a/scripts/numpy-ehtim-dep-graph.sh b/scripts/numpy-ehtim-dep-graph.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to trim eht-imaging project (M87 blackhole study) dependency graph in dot format
+# Trimming is done such that only NumPy oriented dependencies are in focus
+# For more details on eht-imaging project visit:
+# https://github.com/achael/eht-imaging
+# https://achael.github.io/_pages/imaging/
+
+display_help() {
+
+  echo "Usage:"
+  echo " numpy-ehtim-dep-graph.sh reqfilepath outputdir [optional color]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "reqfilepath - directory containing latest source of eht-imaging requirements.txt file."
+  echo "outputdir - dir or path where generated graphs will be stored."
+  echo "optional color. For e.g., cyan, crimson or any of the https://graphviz.gitlab.io/_pages/doc/info/colors.html specifications for graphviz. Default cyan."
+  echo ""
+}
+
+check_pre_requisites() {
+  yehtim=`pip list | grep ehtim`
+  ygraphviz=`pip list | grep graphviz`
+  ypipdeptree=`pip list | grep pipdeptree`
+  if [[ ( -z "$yehtim" ) || ( -z "$ygraphviz" ) || ( -z "$ypipdeptree" ) ]];
+  then
+    echo "Error: Pre-requisite for generating dependency graph not fulfilled!"
+    echo "The following packages must be installed:"
+    echo " 1. ehtim"
+    echo " 2. graphviz"
+    echo " 3. pipdeptree"
+    exit 
+  fi
+}
+
+if [[ ($# -lt 2) || ($# -gt 3 ) || ( -z "$1" ) || (-z "$2") || ("$1" == "-h") || ("$1" == "--help") ]];
+then
+  display_help
+  exit
+fi
+
+reqfilepath=$1
+reqfile="$1/requirements.txt"
+if ! [ -f $reqfile ];
+then
+  echo "Error: Make sure you have latest eht-imaging sources and requirements.txt file path is correct!!"
+  display_help
+  exit 
+fi
+
+graphdir="$2"
+if [[ ( ! -d "$graphdir" ) || ( -f "$graphdir" ) ]];
+then
+  echo "Error: Make sure $graphdir is a valid directory to store generated graphs!"
+  display_help
+  exit 
+fi
+
+check_pre_requisites
+echo "Using $reqfile to prune dependency graph of ehtim."
+echo "Specified output directory is $graphdir."
+echo "Generating ehtim dependency graphs..."
+
+pipdeptree --graph-output dot > $graphdir/numpy-ehtim-dep.dot
+dot -T png $graphdir/numpy-ehtim-dep.dot -o $graphdir/numpy-ehtim-dep.png
+
+awk '/^[0-9]*[.]+/ {printf(" %s\n", $0); found=1; next} !/^[0-9]*[.]+/ {printf((found==1)? "%s" : "\n%s", $0); found=0 } END {print ""}' $graphdir/numpy-ehtim-dep.dot > $graphdir/cleanup.dot
+echo digraph { > $graphdir/cleanup_pkg.dot
+
+awk ' NR==FNR{a[$1]; next} {for (i in a) if ((index($0, i)&& $3 == "") || ($3 != "" && index($0, i) && index($3, i) )) print}' $reqfile $graphdir/cleanup.dot >> $graphdir/cleanup_pkg.dot
+
+echo } >> $graphdir/cleanup_pkg.dot
+
+dot -K twopi $graphdir/cleanup_pkg.dot -o $graphdir/numpy-clean.dot
+dot -T png $graphdir/numpy-clean.dot -o $graphdir/numpy-clean.png
+
+if [ -z "$3" ];
+then
+  #hcolor="crimson"
+  hcolor="cyan"
+else
+  hcolor="$3"
+fi
+
+echo "Highlighting numpy nodes using $hcolor." 
+
+awk -v ac=${hcolor} '{ if ($1 == "numpy") {print $0, "color=",ac,", style=filled," } else { if ($2 == "->" && $3 == "numpy") {print $0, "color=",ac,","} else {print}}}' $graphdir/numpy-clean.dot > $graphdir/numpy-clean-color.dot
+
+dot -T png $graphdir/numpy-clean-color.dot -o $graphdir/numpy-clean-color.png
+
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo Done!