Published In
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2022
Subjects
Crystallography -- Study and teaching (Higher), Three-dimensional printing -- Applications in crystallography
Abstract
Statistically sound crystallographic symmetry classifications are obtained with information-theory-based methods in the presence of approximately Gaussian distributed noise. A set of three synthetic patterns with strong Fedorov-type pseudosymmetries and varying amounts of noise serve as examples. Contrary to traditional crystallographic symmetry classifications with an image processing program such as CRISP, the classification process does not need to be supervised by a human being and is free of any subjectively set thresholds in the geometric model selection process. This enables crystallographic symmetry classification of digital images that are more or less periodic in two dimensions (2D), also known as crystal patterns, as recorded with sufficient structural resolution from a wide range of crystalline samples with different types of scanning probe and transmission electron microscopes. Correct symmetry classifications enable the optimal crystallographic processing of such images. That processing consists of the averaging over all asymmetric units in all unit cells in the selected image area and significantly enhances both the signal-to-noise ratio and the structural resolution of a microscopic study of a crystal. For sufficiently complex crystal patterns, the information-theoretic symmetry classification methods are more accurate than both visual classifications by human experts and the recommendations of one of the popular crystallographic image processing programs of electron crystallography.
Rights
Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Locate the Document
DOI
10.1107/S2053273322000845
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37575
Citation Details
Moeck, P. (2022). Objective crystallographic symmetry classifications of a noisy crystal pattern with strong Fedorov-type pseudosymmetries and its optimal image-quality enhancement. Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances, 78(3), 172-199.