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The indexing ambiguity in serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) resolved using an expectation maximization
Haiguang Liu1, John C H Spence2
1Physics Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282, United States ; Beijng Computational Science Research Center, 3 Heqing Rd, Haidian, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
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|December 9, 2014
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This study introduces an expectation maximization algorithm to resolve indexing ambiguities in protein nanocrystal diffraction data. The method iteratively builds a model to correctly merge intensities, enabling accurate structure determination from X-ray laser experiments.
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