Modular software platform for low-dose electron microscopy and tomography

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 384-389

  Marsh, Michael P ^a   Chang, Juan T ^a   Booth, Christopher R ^a   Liang, Nathan L ^a   Schmid, Michael F ^a   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; CryoEM; Data acquisition; Software

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATION PROGRAMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY; CRYOEM; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; LOW DOSE; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; MODULAR SOFTWARES; PROGRAMMING LIBRARY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 36549025956     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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