Practical image restoration of thick biological specimens using multiple: Focus levels in transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-244

  Han, Karen F ^a   Sedat, John W ^a   Agard, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron tomography; Image restoration; Thick specimens; Through focus series; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031414505     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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