Thursday 26 January 2012

Raise a Toast in 3-Dimension for "Ankylography": New Kid on The Block !

Hello...

Well, for those who are caught unaware of Prof. John Miao, a physicist at the University of California, Los
Angeles, must take a note of "ankylography". Not a revolution in image science, but a method, to "pull out a rabbit in 3D, from a 2D Image of a Hat".

Yes, those of you get it right ! A technique that, according to its creators, could reveal the
structure of scientifically important subjects such as complex proteins that can be glimpsed only once before they are destroyed by the high-powered lasers used to image them.

Raines et al.  have proposed ‘ankylography’ as a three-dimensional tomographic modality with a single monochromatic beam.

For those, who are "dealing in depths", please follow here:

Non-uniqueness and instability of ‘ankylography’: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v480/n7375/full/nature10635.html

and here:


Fundamental limits of ‘ankylography’ due to dimensional deficiency: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v480/n7375/full/nature10634.html

Raines et al propose a method, which they call ‘ankylography’, for three-dimensional structure determination using single-shot diffractive imaging (SSDI).

and here as well ! http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1112/1112.4459.pdf


"Ankylography is definitely an emergent advantage for X-ray technology called diffract and
destroy, which would use X-ray lasers.......take images of objects using a dose of radiation high enough to destroy them, forming an image from the X-rays scattered in the few dozen femto-seconds (10−15 seconds)
before the object explodes !!! The ideal application would be imaging biological samples such as proteins, viruses, cells or tissue that are very sensitive to radiation. Ankylography would allow researchers to extrapolate 3D structures."


 Am no Crystallography-Geek, but still can tell, it would help science, than those who think, otherwise. I am UP for anything, that grows ! Always, positive and to embrace newer technologies included into the mainstream science, without any double thoughts, as tools help grow our ideas with fresh Angles !

Well, and I would not mind loosing the structure of my "pullulanase" burning into pieces, after it's 3D has been exposed ! Huh !


Ok...That's it for now !

Got to stop a few running tools to rest and pack-up for the day !

Your science-feeder, gotcha feed himself !

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