Brookhaven reports X-AutoMap cut particle scanning from about 44 hours to 10
Brookhaven National Laboratory described its X-AutoMap automation tool on October 14. The lab said roughly 500 particles from an urban air-pollution sample were analyzed in about 10 hours, compared with about 44 hours normally required for manual data collection.
Event / data period: 2026-06-10
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Brookhaven National Laboratory described its X-AutoMap automation tool on October 14. The lab said roughly 500 particles from an urban air-pollution sample were analyzed in about 10 hours, compared with about 44 hours normally required for manual data collection.
The tool uses elemental signals from a low-resolution scan to choose particles for detailed examination. Its current version follows researcher-defined rules and can miss unexpected types or small particles with weak signals. AI models are a future development option rather than a demonstrated feature of the current system.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory described its X-AutoMap automation tool on October 14. The lab said roughly 500 particles from an urban air-pollution sample were analyzed in about 10 hours, compared with about 44 hours normally required for manual data collection.
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Brookhaven reports X-AutoMap cut particle scanning from about 44 hours to 10
Brookhaven National Laboratory described its X-AutoMap automation tool on October 14. The lab said roughly 500 particles from an urban air-pollution sample were analyzed in about 10 hours, compared with about 44 hours normally required for manual data collection.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory described its X-AutoMap automation tool on October 14. The lab said roughly 500 particles from an urban air-pollution sample were analyzed in about 10 hours, compared with about 44 hours normally required for manual data collection.
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- 2026-10-14 · Observed
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