Automatic coarse-alignment for TEM tilt series of rod-shaped specimens collected with a full angular range

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 540-545

  Hayashida, Misa ^a   Terauchi, Shinya ^a   Fujimoto, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Automation; TEM; Tomography

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ALIGNMENT AUTOMATION; ALIGNMENT METHODS; ANGULAR RANGE; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; GOLD PARTICLES; ROD-SHAPED; ROTATIONAL ANGLE; TEM; TEM TOMOGRAPHY; TEST SPECIMENS; TILT ANGLE;

GOLD COATINGS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77954384451     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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