Appion » TiltPicker

v2.0 -- April XX, 2010

NOTES:

 TiltPicker bugs are now tracked via the AMI redmine server, visit

 http://emg.nysbc.org/projects/tiltpicker/

 to file any bugs

BUGS:

 *	Particle picking outside image area is now not allowed

 *	Made sure all functions are available from the top menu

 *	When saving a file, it checks the extension and adds one if it does not exist

 *	Shortened button row, for smaller screens

 *	Fixed polygon tool for rectagular images

 *	Fixed reversal of tilt axis angles

 *	Fixed improper print of DoG picker particle contrast messages on command line.

 *	Faster polygon removal

FEATURES:

 *	Added transfer picks option (Alt-X)

 *	Added complete features for DoG picker:

	- specify multiple size

	- show DoG maps in GUI for advanced threshold/size tweaking

 *	Added particle cutoff tool to remove all particles with error above cutoff

 *	Users can now open new images from the menu

 *	Added About TiltPicker screen

 *	Print version and citation info upon launch on command line

 *	Users can now reject the results from DoG picker if the picks were bad

 * A dialog asks for confirmation to reset or clear parameters

 *	Added TiltPick2Spi.py program to split single TiltPicker file into 3 spider files

 *	Changed default shapes to differently sized circles, this is customizable on command line

 * Added more dialogs and checking to prevent user error

 * Better documentation in docs/USAGE.txt

v1.0	-- Jan 22, 2009

 *	Better output file writing; completely rewritten

 *	Can now both read and write SPIDER, Text and Pickle files

 *	Add all button the menus at the top

 *	Set minimum window size to work well on 1024x768 laptop

 *	Fixed problem with DoG picker on rectangular images

 *	Removed numextension requirement from polygon tool

 *	Enable guess shift functionality

 *	Better bad picks processing

 *	Ability to read SPIDER images, did not realize this was missing

 *	Added ApTiltAutoPicker.py, type --help to see options

 *	Set SPIDER file format as the default output

 *	Published paper:

  N.R. Voss, C.K. Yoshioka, M. Radermacher, C.S. Potter and B. Carragher

  "DoG Picker and TiltPicker: software tools to facilitate particle

    selection in single particle electron microscopy."

  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2009.01.004

v0.9.1	-- May 22, 2008

 *	Fixed bug when saving files of uneven number of particles

v0.9	-- May 21, 2008

 *	Added aligned x,y to txt format

 *	Removed radermacher module requirement, but still recommended

 *	Removed numextension module requirement

 *	Change mask to not alter levels so much

 *	Fixed crashed when only one worst pick is chosen

 *	Fixed guess xy-shift for large tilts

 *	Set max peaks in DoG picker

 *	Range to search for particle pair is limited by particle size in DoG picker

 *	~~Sort particles based on distance from upper-left corner; helps for finding unmatched particles~~

 *	Added "Auto Optimize" button, to auto run "Find Theta", "Optimize Angles", and "Mask Region"

 *	Set upper limit of bad particles to 10

 *	Fixed overlap import to database

v0.8	-- Feb 1, 2008

 *	Removed 'from gui.wx', should fix some importing bugs

 *	Reset mask with reset button

 *	Add DoG auto picking (experimental)

 *	Add clear bad picks & remove clear all picks buttons

 *	Show particles with largest error 4*stdev and min filter

 *	Added number of triangles used to find theta dialog

 *	Changed bad picks behavior to always highlight worst particle

 *	Added 'Guess Shift' for pipeline tilt picker

 *	Calculates percent overlap when mask is selected

 *	Added selection polygon removal tool

 *	Better particle pick importing no more orphans

 *	Better polygon removal no more orphans

 *	Tried to organize buttons better, still needs work

 *	Does allow you to quit with uneven # of particles

 *	Bad picks shows unmatched particles

v0.7	-- Dec 5, 2007

 *	Added FAQ based on emails I have received

 *	Add error values to text file output

 *	Auto-save feature to prevent against crashing

 *	Show particles with largest error: if error > mean+3*stdev then yellow cross

 *	Fix for xy-shifting

 *	Fix for import Leginon tilt data

 *	Fix for error values in text file

v0.6.4	-- Nov 27, 2007

 *	Removed requirement for apVersion from apParam

v0.6.3	-- Nov 27, 2007

 *	Removed requirement for sinedon and sinedon.cfg from apParam

 *	Changed gamma and phi angles to agree with WEB

 *	Fixed mask regions for non-square images

 *	Remove save buttons from bottom button row to make room for future buttons

v0.6.2	-- Nov 20, 2007

 *	Fixed reading of JPEG, PNG, TIFF images

 *	Clean up help function

 *	Created ChangeLog file

v0.6.1	-- Nov 19, 2007

 *	Fix for module installations

 *	Created INSTALL file

 *	Added Apache 2.0 LICENSE file

 *	Ctrl-A does 'apply' NOT 'save as'

v0.6	-- Nov 7, 2007

 *	Major feature changes

 *	Use optparse for command line parsing

 *	Fix SPIDER commenting

 *	Allow adjusting of icon shapes & sizes

v0.5	-- Oct 2, 2007

 *	First full-featured release