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      There is absolutely no need to run such operations "in core" (that
      is, in the central memory of the computer).  You can calculate 3D
      variances of thousands of volumes on a simple Notebook computer as
      long as your disk (internal or external) can store all the data. 
      Don't waste your time re-inventing the wheel... ;)<br>
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      Marin<br>
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      On 23/07/2017 04:03, Dan Asarnow wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">If you don't have enough memory for all the
        volumes, you can use the Welford running variance algorithm.
        It's also more numerically stable than the standard formula.
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        <div>Here's an example: <a
            href="https://github.com/asarnow/pyem/blob/master/varmap.py"
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        <div>Best,)</div>
        <div>-da</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:49 AM,
          Dominik A. Herbst <span dir="ltr"><<a
              href="mailto:dominik.herbst@unibas.ch" target="_blank"
              moz-do-not-send="true">dominik.herbst@unibas.ch</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi Reza,</font></p>
              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">If it is
                  just about variance calculation, you can do that with
                  a few lines of python:</font></p>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font><tt>import
                  numpy as np</tt><tt><br>
                </tt><tt>from mrcz import ioMRC</tt><tt><br>
                </tt><tt>from glob</tt><tt> import glob<br>
                </tt><tt><br>
                </tt><tt>all_bootvols = glob("bootstrap_volumes/<wbr>bootstrap_vol_??????.mrc")</tt><tt>
                  # get list of all files<br>
                </tt><tt><br>
                </tt><tt>bootvols_data_arr_list = [
                  ioMRC.readMRC(bootvol)[0] for bootvol in all_bootvols
                  ]</tt><tt> # read all volumes<br>
                </tt><tt>bootvols_data_arr = np.concatenate([arr[np.<wbr>newaxis]
                  for arr in bootvols_data_arr_list])</tt><tt> # put
                  them into an array<br>
                </tt><tt>del(bootvols_data_arr_list)</tt><tt><br>
                </tt><tt>variance = np.var(bootvols_data_arr, axis=0)</tt><tt>
                  # calculate variance<br>
                </tt><tt>ioMRC.writeMRC( variance, 'variance.mrc',
                  dtype='float32', pixelsize=[1.0]*3, pixelunits=u"\AA",
                  voltage=300.0, endian='le') # write variance map to
                  disk</tt><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <br>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">... should
                  work.</font><br>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">^^ for that
                  you need the python module mrcz (pip install mrcz, <a
                    class="m_-844694785772443938moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mrcz"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/<wbr>mrcz</a>).<br>
                  Please note, this will read all volumes into memory
                  and depending an the amount of bootstrap volumes you
                  might need a high-mem machine.</font></p>
              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Best,</font></p>
              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dominik</font></p>
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                  <pre class="m_-844694785772443938moz-signature" cols="72">Dominik A. Herbst | Dipl. Biochem, PhD Student | Biozentrum, University of Basel | Klingelbergstrasse 50/70 | CH-4056 Basel | Phone: <a href="tel:+41%2061%20207%2021%2003" value="+41612072103" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">+41 61 207 21 03</a> | Fax: <a href="tel:+41%2061%20207%2021%2009" value="+41612072109" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">+41 61 207 21 09</a> | Email: <a class="m_-844694785772443938moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dominik.herbst@unibas.ch" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">dominik.herbst@unibas.ch</a> | <a class="m_-844694785772443938moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.biozentrum.unibas.ch</a>
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                  <div class="m_-844694785772443938moz-cite-prefix">On
                    07/21/2017 12:39 AM, Reza Khayat wrote:<br>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Can anyone recommend software
                        that can calculate variance maps among several
                        dozens of volumes? I’m aware of sxvar.py from
                        Sparx. Thanks.</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<br>
                        Reza</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Reza
                          Khayat, PhD</span><span style="color:#212121"></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Assistant
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                          College of New York</span></p>
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                          Saint Nicholas Terrace, CDI 2.318</span><span
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a
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                              style="color:#0563c1">http://www.khayatlab.org/</span></a></span><span
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