Gctf: Real-time CTF determination and correction

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Zhang, Kai ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast transfer function; Cryo electron microscopy; CTF determination; GPU program

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84955216953     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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