[3dem] volume compression standard

[Tim Gruene]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:40:23 +0000
"Ludtke, Steven J. via 3dem" <3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Also, just to point out that float16 is not a great choice for final
> maps for several different reasons:

Interesting discussion. Could anyone explain the reason for storing
data as floats? There are detectors that produce output as floats, like
charge integrating detectors used at free electron lasers, but for TEM,
they are not used, are they? An most detectors produce integer output,
don't they? And the needed dynamic range is probably not very high in
TEM imaging either, is it?

Best,
Tim

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