Improved background removal method using principal components analysis for spatially resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Borglund, Niclas ^a   Åstrand, Per Gustav ^a   Csillag, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Background removal; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744268497     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050051     Document Type: Article

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