Analysis of scanning probe microscope images using wavelets

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 106, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 389-397

  Gackenheimer, C ^a   Cayon, L ^a   Reifenberger, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE RECOGNITION ALGORITHM; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33344477345     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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