Detection and quantitative assessment of image aberrations from single HRTEM lattice images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 194-203

  Stenkamp, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image aberrations; Lattice imaging; Quantitative HRTEM

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALIGNMENT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

BEAM COHERENCE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ABERRATIONS; LATTICE IMAGES; LATTICE IMAGING; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; OBJECT INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE HRTEM; THREE FOLDS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASTIGMATISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THEORY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031896718     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.3000848.x     Document Type: Review

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