Picking Particles Faster Than One At A Time

Picking Particles Faster Than One At A Time: "Computer scientists and biologists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed software that can select tens of thousands of high-quality images of biological molecules from electron microgaphs, rapidly and automatically, with accuracy approaching that of experienced human analysts. The new algorithm, described as 'particle picking by segmentation,' promises to greatly increase the speed and power of methods for determining biological structures at high resolution, based on data from electron microscopy."