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Digital Imaging: When Should One Take The Plunge?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

John F. Mansfield*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan

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The current imaging trend in optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is to record all data digitally. Most manufacturers currently market digital acquisition systems with their microscope packages. The advantages of digital acquisition include: almost instant viewing of the data as a high-quality positive image (a major benefit when compared to TEM images recorded onto film, where one must wait until after the microscope session to develop the images); the ability to readily quantify features in the images and measure intensities; and extremely compact storage (removable 5.25” storage devices which now can hold up to several gigabytes of data).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997

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