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Influence of electron dose rate on electron counting images recorded with the K2 camera | == Citation == | ||
Li, X. and Zheng, S. and Egami, K. and Agard, D. and Cheng, Y. Influence of electron dose rate on electron counting images recorded with the K2 camera. Journal of structural biology, 2013, 184: 251-260. | |||
== Abstract == | |||
A recent technological breakthrough in electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) is the development of direct electron detection cameras for data acquisition. By bypassing the traditional phosphor scintillator and fiber optic coupling, these cameras have greatly enhanced sensitivity and detective quantum efficiency (DQE). Of the three currently available commercial cameras, the Gatan K2 Summit was designed specifically for counting individual electron events. Counting further enhances the DQE, allows for practical doubling of detector resolution and eliminates noise arising from the variable deposition of energy by each primary electron. While counting has many advantages, undercounting of electrons happens when more than one electron strikes the same area of the detector within the analog readout period (coincidence loss), which influences image quality. In this work, we characterized the K2 Summit in electron counting mode, and studied the relationship of dose rate and coincidence loss and its influence on the quality of counted images. We found that coincidence loss reduces low frequency amplitudes but has no significant influence on the signal-to-noise ratio of the recorded image. It also has little influence on high frequency signals. Images of frozen hydrated archaeal 20S proteasome (∼700kDa, D7 symmetry) recorded at the optimal dose rate retained both high-resolution signal and low-resolution contrast and enabled calculating a 3.6Å three-dimensional reconstruction from only 10,000 particles. | |||
== Keywords == | |||
Study of K2 rate dependent performance | |||
== Links == | |||
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23968652 | |||
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Citation
Li, X. and Zheng, S. and Egami, K. and Agard, D. and Cheng, Y. Influence of electron dose rate on electron counting images recorded with the K2 camera. Journal of structural biology, 2013, 184: 251-260.
Abstract
A recent technological breakthrough in electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) is the development of direct electron detection cameras for data acquisition. By bypassing the traditional phosphor scintillator and fiber optic coupling, these cameras have greatly enhanced sensitivity and detective quantum efficiency (DQE). Of the three currently available commercial cameras, the Gatan K2 Summit was designed specifically for counting individual electron events. Counting further enhances the DQE, allows for practical doubling of detector resolution and eliminates noise arising from the variable deposition of energy by each primary electron. While counting has many advantages, undercounting of electrons happens when more than one electron strikes the same area of the detector within the analog readout period (coincidence loss), which influences image quality. In this work, we characterized the K2 Summit in electron counting mode, and studied the relationship of dose rate and coincidence loss and its influence on the quality of counted images. We found that coincidence loss reduces low frequency amplitudes but has no significant influence on the signal-to-noise ratio of the recorded image. It also has little influence on high frequency signals. Images of frozen hydrated archaeal 20S proteasome (∼700kDa, D7 symmetry) recorded at the optimal dose rate retained both high-resolution signal and low-resolution contrast and enabled calculating a 3.6Å three-dimensional reconstruction from only 10,000 particles.
Keywords
Study of K2 rate dependent performance
Links
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23968652