Retrospective: Radiation damage and its associated "Information Limitations"

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Glaeser, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam induced movement; Biological specimens; Electron microscopy; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 51349143018     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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