Automated Transmission-Mode Scanning Electron Microscopy (tSEM) for Large Volume Analysis at Nanoscale Resolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kuwajima, Masaaki ^a   Mendenhall, John M ^a   Lindsey, Laurence F ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENDOSOME; GLIA CELL; IMAGE FIELD SIZE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MICROTUBULE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOIMAGING; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PIXEL SIZE; POLYSOME; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION MODE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RATS;

EID: 84875418121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059573     Document Type: Article

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