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In practice it is fairly easy to tell by looking at it a poor map from a good one. The purpose of phase improvement by density modification is to find the nearest ‘good looking’ map to the initial bad map. If the bad map contains enough information, it should be possible to proceed to structure solution.
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Cowtan, K.D. (1998). Introduction to Density Modification. In: Fortier, S. (eds) Direct Methods for Solving Macromolecular Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 507. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9093-8_16
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