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Title
Electron tomography based on a total variation minimization reconstruction technique
Author
Abstract
The 3D reconstruction of a tilt series for electron tomography is mostly carried out using the weighted backprojection (WBP) algorithm or using one of the iterative algorithms such as the simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique (SIRT). However, it is known that these reconstruction algorithms cannot compensate for the missing wedge. Here, we apply a new reconstruction algorithm for electron tomography, which is based on compressive sensing. This is a field in image processing specialized in finding a sparse solution or a solution with a sparse gradient to a set of ill-posed linear equations. Therefore, it can be applied to electron tomography where the reconstructed objects often have a sparse gradient at the nanoscale. Using a combination of different simulated and experimental datasets, it is shown that missing wedge artefacts are reduced in the final reconstruction. Moreover, it seems that the reconstructed datasets have a higher fidelity and are easier to segment in comparison to reconstructions obtained by more conventional iterative algorithms.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Ultramicroscopy. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2012
ISSN
0304-3991
DOI
10.1016/J.ULTRAMIC.2011.11.004
Volume/pages
113 (2012) , p. 120-130
ISI
000300554400006
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI).
Development of discrete tomography for transmission electron microscopy: 3D imaging of interfaces in ceramic and semiconducting multilayers.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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