When to use the projection assumption and the weak-phase object approximation in phase contrast cryo-EM

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-66

  Vulović, Miloš ^a,b   Voortman, Lenard M ^a   Van Vliet, Lucas J ^a   Rieger, Bernd ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Exit waves; Image simulation; Interaction potential; Thick phase grating

Indexed keywords

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXIT WAVES; IMAGE SIMULATIONS; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; THICK-PHASE GRATING;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

HEMOGLOBIN; TETRAMER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EARTHWORM; GRATING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS ERYTHROCRUORIN; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROJECTION ASSUMPTION; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; WEAK PHASE OBJECT APPROXIMATION;

EID: 84884235177     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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