Electron Tomography: Three-Dimensional Imaging with the Transmission Electron Microscope

✍ Scribed by Joachim Frank (auth.), Joachim Frank (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 398
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Principles of Electron Tomography....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Electron Microscope as a Structure Projector....Pages 17-38
Sample Shrinkage and Radiation Damage....Pages 39-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Reconstruction with Orthogonal Functions....Pages 63-89
Weighted Back-Projection Methods....Pages 91-115
The Fidelity of 3D Reconstructions from Incomplete Data and the Use of Restoration Methods....Pages 117-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Tilting Stages for Biological Applications....Pages 167-196
Least-Squares Method of Alignment Using Markers....Pages 197-204
Alignment by Cross-Correlation....Pages 205-213
Computer Visualization of Volume Data in Electron Tomography....Pages 215-236
Analysis of Three-Dimensional Image Data: Display and Feature Tracking....Pages 237-256
Holographic Display of 3D Data....Pages 257-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of Organelles and Cellular Processes....Pages 281-311
The Organization of Chromosomes and Chromatin....Pages 313-357
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Noncrystalline Macromolecular Assemblies....Pages 359-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-399

✦ Subjects

Developmental Biology; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials