The properties of SIRT, TVM, and DART for 3D imaging of tubular domains in nanocomposite thin-films and sections

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 147, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-148

  Chen, Delei ^a,b   Goris, Bart ^c   Bleichrodt, Folkert ^d   Mezerji, Hamed Heidari ^c   Bals, Sara ^c   Batenburg, Kees Joost ^d   de With, Gijsbertus ^a   Friedrich, Heiner ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam sensitive material; Discrete algebraic reconstruction (DART); Electron tomography; Reconstruction algorithm; Simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique (SIRT); Total variation minimization (TVM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SIMULTANEOUS ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TOTAL VARIATION MINIMIZATION; SENSITIVE MATERIALS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

NANOCOMPOSITE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRETE ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FILM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; SIMULTANEOUS ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL VARIATION MINIMIZATION; VALIDITY; ELECTRON BEAM; IMAGE QUALITY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; SLAB GEOMETRY;

EID: 84907311047     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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