Improving the contrast of topographical AFM images by a simple averaging filter

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 106, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 822-828

  Kienberger, F ^a   Pastushenko, V P ^a   Kada, G ^b   Puntheeranurak, T ^a   Chtcheglova, L ^a   Riethmueller, C ^c   Rankl, C ^a   Ebner, A ^a   Hinterdorfer, P ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b Molecular Imaging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

018; 041; Atomic force microscope; Cells; Contrast enhancement; Image processing; Virus

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLYNOMIALS; VIRUSES;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; POLYNOMIAL LINE FLATTENING; SLIDING WINDOW APPROACH; TOPOGRAPHICAL IMAGES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FILTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICE; MICROPORE FILTERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 33745625365     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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