Reduction of anisotropic image resolution in transmission electron microtomography by use of quadrangular prism-shaped section

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 437-444

  Kaneko, Takeshi ^a   Nishioka, Hideo ^a   Nishi, Toshio ^b   Jinnai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Electron tomography; Image resolution; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRISMS;

% REDUCTIONS; ANISOTROPIC IMAGE; BLOCK CO POLYMERS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH TILT ANGLE; THREE DIMENSIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; TILT ANGLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY; ULTRA-THIN;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 29444451598     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfi065     Document Type: Article

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