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File name conventions

sthennin edited this page Oct 6, 2016 · 18 revisions

Data collection on Titan Krios, run by SerialEM.

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Raw movies are called:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
oriname.tif imagename_original (path) /home/myfolder/PS2_00001_Sep22_18.10.51.mrc TIFF, LZV compressed, 3838x3710x80
Gainreference.dm4 gainref_original (path) /home/myfolder/CountRef_TssA_Sep28_15.27.14.dm4 DM4 file, 3838x3710x1
Countdefects.txt defects_original (path) /home/myfolder/CountDefects_TssA_Sep28_15.27.14.txt ASCII list of defect pixels (?)

Copied into 2dx as:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
oriname.mrcs import_rawstack PS2_00001_Sep22_18.10.51.mrcs MRC, 3838x3710x80
Gainreference.dm4 import_gainref CountRef_TssA_Sep28_15.27.14.dm4 DM4 file, 3838x3710x1

Files after the unpack script:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
raw_gaincorrectedstack.mrcs raw_gaincorrectedstack raw_gaincorrectedstack MRC, 3838x3710x80
raw_gaincorrectedstack.mrc MRC, 3838x3710x1
raw_gaincorrectedstack_fft.mrc MRC, 3838x3710x1

Files after the drift correction script:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
movie_aligned.mrcs movie_stackname movie_aligned MRC, 3838x3710x80
movie_aligned.mrc MRC, 3838x3710x1
movie_aligned_fft.mrc MRC, 3838x3710x1
translations.png PNG file (drift trajectory figure)
CTFDiag.png PNG file (CTF Thonring fit figure)

Files after the 2dx intialize files script:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
image_2dx.mrc nonmaskimagename PS2_00001_Sep22_18_10_51 MRC, 3840x3840x1 (square)
mimage_2dx.mrc imagename mPS2_00001_Sep22_18_10_51 MRC, 3840x3840x1 (square)

Files after the 2dx CTF Correction (Part 1) script:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
ThonRingFit.mrc MRC, 400x400x1
image_ctfcor.mrc MRC, 3840x3840x1

Files after the 2dx Unbending script:

File names Variable names Example contents Type
ManualMasking_UnbendPlot.mrc MRC (Unbending profile figure)
IQplot.mrc MRC (IQ Plot figure)