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greving 15.1 1 == {{id name="03aReconstructionwithRecoGUI-Preperation:"/}}Preperation: ==
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greving 15.1 6 salloc ~-~-partition=psxcpu ~-~-nodes=1 ~-~-time=06:00:00
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9 //Answer~:// salloc: job [//number//] queued and waiting for resources
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11 salloc: job [number] has been allocated resources
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17 salloc: Nodes //max-wn035// are ready for job  (name of your node; code after “max-“ can vary, in this example wn035, if you do not get a specific node name, repeat salloc command)
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21 ssh max-wn035 (shell to your node)
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27 . mamba-init (. is important! never do without, this can crash your FastX)
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36 On the right, choose "file explorer". Navigate to your beamtime folder and find processed/scripts/RecoGUI:
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41 Important: you need to be in the right folder, else the script will not be able to find a file in the first cell of the script
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44 Open RecoGUI.py by double clicking the file and click "Run" (green arrow)
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greving 16.1 48 = {{id name="03aReconstructionwithRecoGUI-LoadingData"/}}Loading Data =
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flenners 4.1 52 **TXM DATA**
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flenners 2.1 54 Go to "Load' tab and select year, enter your beamtime ID (e.g. 11001234) and press "enter" on keyboard.
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56 Now, the list of your scans will be shown below under "folder". Below folders, there are darks with different exposure times.
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58 Select the scan you want to reconstruct and choose the corresponding dark images.
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60 If you recorded your data after 2019, you can directly continue by clicking the "Load" button. This will read all data needed for reconstruction.
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62 Loading the data can take some time (usually several minutes). The GUI will be blocked during this time.
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flenners 3.1 64 Continue with next step, "Preparation".
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flenners 4.1 67 **HOLOTOMO DATA**
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flenners 12.1 69 Hint: you have to perform the phase reconstruction of your projections first! This is usually done by beamline staff. Then you can continue:
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flenners 16.2 71 Go to "Load" tab, load processed data.
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flenners 16.2 73 Check the subfolder path of the phase retievals. Standard path is holopipe/phase_retrieval
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flenners 16.3 75 Click on "Load processed"
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flenners 5.1 77 You do not need to load any additional dark images.
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flenners 16.3 79 Skip "Normalize, Minus Log, Rotate" in the Preperation Tab. The optional steps, eg.  are still optional. (see below)
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81 In principle, you can directly proceed to the third tab "Reconstruction". 
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greving 15.1 84 = {{id name="03aReconstructionwithRecoGUI-Preparationofdataforreconstruction"/}}Preparation of data for reconstruction =
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greving 16.1 86 (**Can be skipped for Holotomography**)
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flenners 4.1 88 Go to "Prep" tab.
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90 The following is usually required for reconstruction:
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92 Click "Normalize" button. This will take several minutes.
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greving 15.1 101 **Cropping:** If your samples are significantly (% style="color:#003366" %)__smaller__(%%) than the field of view, you can crop the data to reduce computation time and storage. Draw a rectangle around your sample by keeping the left mouse button pressed. Check that your sample stays inside that rectangle at all angles. If you are happy, press the "crop" button to crop your data.
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103 **Binning:** You can bin your data before reconstruction. Since the detector has a point spread function of 2-3 pixels, it is save to bin by a factor of 2 without loosing spatial resolution. This reduces computation time and storage space needed.
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flenners 16.3 105 **Padding:** RECOMENDED FOR ROI scans! If your samples are significantly __larger__ than the field of view, you can pad your data to prevent artifacts at the outer field of view. Example: 100
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107 **Filter Projections before reconstruction:** You can filter the data before reconstruction. This reduces the noise, but also can induce blurring in the data. Only recommended for very noisy data. Filtering after reconstruction is usually better.
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113 **Save current stack.** Writes the normalized projections to your beamtime folder.
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greving 15.1 116 = {{id name="03aReconstructionwithRecoGUI-Reconstruction"/}}Reconstruction =
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wirtenss 7.1 121 First, you have to find the correct center of rotation. For this, a single slice is reconstructed with different centers of rotation
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wirtenss 7.1 123 **~1. Rot center: **Defines the rotation center in pixel coordinates. For the start, enter half of your image size (1024 for unbinned data, 512 for data with binning 2.)
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wirtenss 7.1 125 **2. Delta: **Range of pixels around the in step 1 given rot center for which the test slice is reconstructed. Good starting value is 50. For fine rot center, choose 10. 
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wirtenss 7.1 127 **3. Stepsize:** Stepsize beween the different rotation centers. Good start value is 5 and 1 for fine rot center. (for example [ ... , 507, 512, 517, ... ] for a stepsize of 5)
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wirtenss 7.1 129 **4. Slice:** Defines the pixel row which is used to reconstruct the test slice. Tip: Choose a region where you expect to see distinctive structures. (You can also check different slices for checking the rotation center.)
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wirtenss 7.1 131 **5. Check rotation center: **Click on the "Check rotation center" button.** **In the preview window move the slider around until you find the positions with the least artifacts. Remember the position number and check the Spyder Console to get the new rot center coordinates in pixel.
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135 in blue the coordinate of the center of rotation; in yellow the position number of the preview slider
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137 **6. Update and Repeat:** Replace the Rot Center (step 1) with the new found coordinate, lower the Delta (step 2) and Stepsize (step 3) and repeat the process until you are satisfied with the result.
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flenners 3.1 201 **Reconstruction Parameters. **
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203 When you found the correct rotation center, you can continue with the reconstruction.
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wirtenss 7.1 205 Enter the final roation center from the above step.
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207 You can select different reconstruction algorithms and filters. Standard is gridrec and shepp.
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211 Mask: If you like a circular mask around your data, check this box.
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213 before the final reconstruction, you can reconstruct a test slice to check your reconstruction parameters. Enter the slice number you want to reconstruct and press " Reconstruct slice".
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flenners 3.1 216 When you are happy with your result, press "Reconstruct full stack".
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218 You can check the data in ImageJ, and if you are not happy, you can also reconstruct with different parameters/ rotation centers.
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220 When you are finished with one scan, please press the "clear all" button! This saves the log data you see on the right, so you can later check what you did. The data are also removed from the memory.
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