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Improving Image Quality and Reducing Drift Problems via Automated Data Acquisition and Averaging in a Cs-Corrected TEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. Voelkl*
Affiliation:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR
B. Jiang
Affiliation:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Z.R. Dai
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
J.P Bradley
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

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Image acquisition with a CCD camera is a single-press-button activity: after selecting exposure time and adjusting illumination, a button is pressed and the acquired image is perceived as the final, unmodified proof of what was seen in the microscope. Thus it is generally assumed that the image processing steps of e.g., “darkcurrent correction” and “gain normalization” do not alter the information content of the image, but rather eliminate unwanted artifacts.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2008

References

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[7]This research was supported by a NASA Sample Return Laboratory instrument Development Program (SRLIDAP) grant (to JPB) and a Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) award, and it was performed under the auspices of the U.S. DOE by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in part under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48 and in part under contract DE-AC52- 07NA27344.Google Scholar