Direct Electron Detectors for Electron Microscopy

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

Volumn 145, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 55-93

  Faruqi, A R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOS DEVICES; PIXELS; SENSORS;

DATA COLLECTION; DIRECT ELECTRON DETECTORS; HYBRID PIXEL DETECTORS (HPD); MONOLITHIC ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS (MAPS);

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33847667600     PISSN: 10765670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-5670(06)45002-3     Document Type: Review

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