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AN INTEGRATED CRYOMICROSCOPY SYSTEM.

Author(s) : COSMAN M. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A CRYOMICROSCOPY SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED WHICH INTEGRATES THE FUNCTIONS OF SAMPLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL, IMAGE STORAGE AND EVENT CORRELATION, IMAGE ANALYSIS, AND DATA REDUCTION. NEW DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE: (A) A CONVECTIVELY-COOLED CRYOSTAGE WHICH INCORPORATES A THIN FLOW PASSAGE TO PROVIDE BETTER OPTICAL PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS A SAPPHIRE WINDOW LAMINATE TO REDUCE THERMAL GRADIENTS ; (B) FLEXIBLE ANNOTATION OF RECORDED EXPERIMENTS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC COMBINATION OF COMPUTER-GENERATED GRAPHICS WITH MICROSCOPE VIDEO IMAGES ; (C) A COMPUTER ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE IN WHICH PLANAR MEASUREMENTS ARE PERFORMED BY SUPERIMPOSING A MOVABLE CURSOR ON THE IMAGE TO BE EVALUATED ; AND (D) INTEGRATION OF SYSTEM FUNCTIONS UNDER SOFTWARE CONTROL.

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  • Original title: AN INTEGRATED CRYOMICROSCOPY SYSTEM.
  • Record ID : 1989-2514
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryo-Letters - vol. 10 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1989/01
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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