Overview
IMOD is an EM tomography software suite that has been developed by the Boulder Laboratory. Although basically runs through command line interfaces and scripts, most users learn to use IMOD using its GUI called eTomo.
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Using IMOD
Things you will need:
- A tilt series aka your dataset acquired on an EM
- A .rawtlt file or knowledge of the tilt angles that were acquired
Things that are helpful:
- Size of gold fiducial markers
- Magnification
The Boulder Laboratory has an easy to follow tutorial found here and thus, no step-by-step instruction will be provided on these pages.
NCMIR STAFF: Please remember not to download the tutorial dataset to your home directory but instead to one of the network drives. See a network admin or your supervisor where data should be saved.
IMOD files: what they all mean
No information at this time
A flow chart of imod files will be inserted here
FAQ
- How do I learn to use IMOD?
- I type etomo in a terminal window but it won't start up!
- Can I use IMOD on my home computer?