Proper acquisition and handling of scanning electron microscopy images using a high-performance personal computer

Scanning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-80

  Oho, Eisaku ^a,b   Ichise, Norihiko ^a   Ogashiwa, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kogakmn University   (Japan)

Author keywords

aliasing error; digital acquisition; digital expansion; high density sampling; personal computer

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ERRORS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALIASING ERROR; DIGITAL ACQUISITION; DIGITAL EXPANSION; HIGH DENSITY SAMPLING;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030110967     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.1996.4950180202     Document Type: Article

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