International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 11.4, p. 230   | 1 | 2 |

Section 11.4.5.7. Flood field

Z. Otwinowskia* and W. Minorb

a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9038, USA, and bDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Correspondence e-mail:  zbyszek@mix.swmed.edu

11.4.5.7. Flood field

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The basic method for calibration of the spatial dependence of detector sensitivity is to measure the response to a flood-field exposure. The amount of relative exposure per pixel needs to be known. DENZO allows for either a uniform or an isotropic source. If the source is at the crystal position, DENZO refinement (with a separate crystal exposure) can be used to define the geometry of the source relative to the detector. To calculate the flood-field response, an earlier determination of the detector distortion is required. The flood-field response is converted to a sensitivity function. Large deviations from the local average are used to define inactive pixels. The edge of the active area needs special treatment, depending on the method of phosphorus deposition.








































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