Towards automated electron holographic tomography for 3D mapping of electrostatic potentials

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-399

  Wolf, Daniel ^a   Lubk, Axel ^a   Lichte, Hannes ^a   Friedrich, Heiner ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisition software; Automation; Electron holography; Electron tomography; Electrostatic potential; Reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION SOFTWARE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE AUTOMATION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; GERMANIUM; HOLOGRAMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POLYSTYRENES; REPAIR; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GERMANIUM; POLYSTYRENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77952321756     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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