CTFFIND4: Fast and accurate defocus estimation from electron micrographs

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-221

  Rohou, Alexis ^a   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; CTF; Defocus; Phase plate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST TRANSFER FUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE DEFOCUS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; OSCILLATION; PHASE PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING DOSE FRACTIONATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF FIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

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

EID: 84946488108     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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