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Electron Tomography

Three-Dimensional Imaging with the Transmission Electron Microscope

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction: Principles of Electron Tomography

  3. Imaging in the Electron Microscope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Sample Shrinkage and Radiation Damage

      • Pradeep K. Luther
      Pages 39-60
  4. Mathematics of Reconstruction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Reconstruction with Orthogonal Functions

      • Elmar Zeitler
      Pages 63-89
    3. Weighted Back-Projection Methods

      • Michael Radermacher
      Pages 91-115
  5. Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Tilting Stages for Biological Applications

      • James N. Turner, Ugo Valdrè
      Pages 167-196
    3. Least-Squares Method of Alignment Using Markers

      • Michael C. Lawrence
      Pages 197-204
    4. Alignment by Cross-Correlation

      • Joachim Frank, Bruce F. McEwen
      Pages 205-213
    5. Analysis of Three-Dimensional Image Data: Display and Feature Tracking

      • Zvi Kam, Hans Chen, John W. Sedat, David A. Agard
      Pages 237-256
    6. Holographic Display of 3D Data

      • Kaveh Bazargan
      Pages 257-277
  6. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
    2. The Organization of Chromosomes and Chromatin

      • Christopher L. Woodcock
      Pages 313-357

About this book

This unique resource details the theory, working methods, and applications of electron tomographic techniques for imaging asymmetric, noncrystalline biological specimens.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA

    Joachim Frank

  • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, USA

    Joachim Frank

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electron Tomography

  • Book Subtitle: Three-Dimensional Imaging with the Transmission Electron Microscope

  • Editors: Joachim Frank

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2163-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2163-8Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 399

  • Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Developmental Biology, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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