Improving image quality by zero-loss energy filtering: Quantitative assessment by means of image cross-correlation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Grimm, R ^a   Typke, D ^a   Baumeister, W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constant enhancement; Fourier ring correlation; Root mean square contrast; Zero loss energy filtering

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON FILMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; VIRUSES;

CONSTANT ENHANCEMENT; DEFOCUS; ELECTRON DOSE; ENERGY FILTERING; FOURIER; FOURIER RING CORRELATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE CONTRAST; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; ZERO-LOSS ENERGY FILTERING;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031858011     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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