Pragmatic reconstruction methods in atom probe tomography

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1286-1294

  Vurpillot, F ^a   Gruber, M ^a   Da Costa, G ^a   Martin, I ^b   Renaud, L ^b   Bostel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CAMECA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom probe tomography; Field evaporation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATOM PROBE; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPOSITION DATA; COMPRESSION FACTOR; FIELD EVAPORATION; GEOMETRICAL PROJECTIONS; INTRINSIC SHAPE; PLANAR INTERFACE; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS; TIP GEOMETRY;

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

PROBES;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860404848     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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