Validation of 3D EM reconstructions: The phantom in the noise

AIMS Biophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-35

  Bernard Heymann, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

3D image processing; Electron microscopy; Gaussian noise; Resolution; Signal to noise ratio; Single particle analysis; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018214778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23779098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/biophy.2015.1.21     Document Type: Article

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