A system for acquiring simultaneous electron energy-loss and X-ray spectrum-images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-99

  Feng, J ^a   Somlyo, A V ^a   Somlyo, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS mapping; Electron probe microanalysis; X ray mapping

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAPPING;

COMPOSITIONAL IMAGING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY MAPPING; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSES; ELECTRON-PROBE MICROANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SPECTRUM IMAGES; X RAY SPECTRUM; X-RAY MAPPING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM; ELEMENT; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042598670     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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