PFT3DR Conventions


The programs PFT2 and EM3DR2 follow the 3DEM Image Conventions with the following exceptions:

1.  Internally the third rotation angle (psi) is replaced by omega, where omega = -psi.  The input parameter file--and Bsoft programs--accept either omega or psi and convert angles appropriately.  In addition, PFT2, EM3DR2, and Bsoft programs also accept the view vector and angle notation (see conventions description) as input.

2.  The icosahedral convention is rotated 90 deg. about the z-axis (designated I90) from the standard orientation (designated I).  Maps can be rotated by the following Bsoft command to the standard orientation:

       bint -reslice -yxz input.map output.map

However, an icosahedral map must always be in the I90 orientation whenever it is used as input for PFT2.  Neither PFT2 or EM3DR2 is designed to work with the I orientation.


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31 Oct 2007