Leginon: a system for fully automated acquisition of 1000 electron micrographs a day.
We have developed a system to automatically acquire large numbers of acceptable quality images from specimens of negatively stained catalase, a biological protein which forms crystals. In this paper we will describe the details of the system architecture and analyze the performance of the system as compared to a human operator. The ultimate goal of the system if to automate the process of acquiring cryo-electron micrographs.
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA. cpotter@uiuc.edu
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Potter
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Chu
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Frey
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Green
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Kisseberth
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Madden
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Miller
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Nahrstedt
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Pulokas
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Reilein
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Tcheng
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Weber
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Carragher
D001331:Automation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods*