Three-dimensional electron microscopy simulation with the CASINO Monte Carlo software

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-146

  Demers, Hendrix ^a   Poirier Demers, Nicolas ^a   Couture, Alexandre Réal ^a   Joly, Dany ^a   Guilmain, Marc ^a   De Jonge, Niels ^b   Drouin, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; scanning electron microscopy; scanning transmission electron microscopy; secondary electron; three dimensional (3D)

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960720682     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20262     Document Type: Article

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