Size-selective colloidal-gold localization in transmission X-ray microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-87

  Stollberg, H ^a   Guttmann, P ^b   Takman, P A C ^a   Hertz, H M ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Image analysis; Soft X ray microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

COLLOIDAL GOLD; GOLD PARTICLES; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; LOCALISATION; SIZE-SELECTIVE; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT X-RAY MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPIES; X RAY MICROSCOPY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

COLLOIDAL GOLD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION X RAY MICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 33846829091     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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