[3dem] [ccpem] 2D centering of particle images
Ludtke, Steven J
sludtke at bcm.edu
Tue Jul 24 04:32:00 PDT 2018
Even centering class-averages is subject to these questions, but I'd hardly say that center of gravity is the only other possible definition of center. Indeed when humans look at images they tend to perceive objects as "centered" if there is a uniform border around the outside "edge" of the particle, which is a very different sort of operation for many shapes. I absolutely agree with Marin's comment that even if there is no controversy over what "center" means, applying it to raw particles raises additional problems (noise and filtration of the particles). However, if they are icosahedral viruses, for example, you can do a pretty good job, and the various criteria will come very close to agreeing. So it is very problem-dependent.
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On Jul 24, 2018, at 5:59 AM, Philip Koeck <Philip.Koeck at ki.se<mailto:Philip.Koeck at ki.se>> wrote:
Hi.
Another question you might want to think about is what you actually mean by center of geometry, but maybe you have already.
Most views even of symmetric particles will not be symmetric so the only center you can define is the center of gravity, which is very sensitive to noise. If the views are symmetric you can use that symmetry to find the position of the symmetry axis.
All the best,
Philip
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Dear Steven Wang,
Alignment is more of a statistical issue affecting the whole data set than something that should be done on an individual (noisy) particle-by-particle basis.
See, for example, our: "Alignment By Classification" (ABC) paper:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journals.iucr.org_m_issues_2017_05_00_kf5002_index.html&d=DwIGaQ&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=GWA2IF6nkq8sZMXHpp1Xpg&m=M-Hg3PKoluhJPx97zStbNrb4WzU7gDV3T_Edr906gUQ&s=haWrV6mzUD0U15PfOzX25oRMCe5iIMbSPj6sbVrjl6w&e=
But our IMAGIC-4D software does of course have various options to do it particle-by-particle if that is what you insist you need for testing.
Cheers
Marin van Heel
On 23/07/2018 19:29, Wang, Steven wrote:
Dear all,
Do you know any software available for aligning the center of geometry of each selected particle to the center of the particle-selection box? I need this centering for testing some algorithms, not for the regular cryo-EM map construction workflows. Thanks.
Steven Wang
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