Submicrometer tomographic resolution examined using a micro-fabricated test object

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Mizutani, Ryuta ^a   Takeuchi, Akihisa ^b   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^c   Takekoshi, Susumu ^c   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Suzuki, Yoshio ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FIB; Micro CT; Microtomography; Resolution; Test object

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; HUMAN TISSUES; IN-PLANE; MICRO CT; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; RESOLUTION TESTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SQUARE-WAVE; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURE; SUBMICROMETER SCALE; SUBMICROMETER STRUCTURES; SUBMICROMETERS; TEST OBJECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHIC SLICES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71749109749     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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