Visualization and quality assessment of the contrast transfer function estimation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 222-234

  Sheth, Lisa K ^a   Piotrowski, Angela L ^a   Voss, Neil R ^a  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image processing; Contrast transfer function; Cryo electron microscopy methods; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTRAST TRANSFER FUNCTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FULL RANGE FOUR TERM EXPONENTIAL FIT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TREND STUDY; TRISECTION FIT METHOD; ALGORITHM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84946473345     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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