Fast, robust, and accurate determination of transmission electron microscopy contrast transfer function

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-262

  Sorzano, C O S ^a,b   Jonic, S ^c   Nunez Ramirez R ^a   Boisset, N ^c   Carazo, J M ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Contrast transfer function; Power spectrum density; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST TRANSFER FUNCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ASTIGMATISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35048832803     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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