That structure is three dimensional, and beginning in the 1970s Frank developed a mathematical image - processing method that allowed a computer to merge several two -
dimensional electron microscope images into a sharp 3 - D picture.
Not exact matches
In 1990, Henderson was the first to use an
electron microscope to produce «a three -
dimensional image of a protein at atomic resolution.
«He developed an
image processing method in which the
electron microscope's fuzzy two -
dimensional images are analyzed and merged to reveal a sharp three -
dimensional structure,» the committee explained.
However, scanning transmission
electron microscopes only produce two -
dimensional images.
They used a scanning
electron microscope and focused ion beam to obtain thin - slice
images of the membrane, which they analyzed with software, rebuilding the three -
dimensional structure of the membranes to determine fuel cell longevity.
The group has developed liquid - helium cooled scanning probe
microscopes (SPMs) that can
image electron motion through a two
dimensional electron gas, in GaAs / AlGaAs and graphene / hBN layered structures.
Today, Joshua - Tor is using a cryo -
electron microscope, where an
electron beam is passed through a rapidly frozen specimen — no crystal necessary — to obtain a near atomic - level 3 -
dimensional image.
By taking multiple
images of the iron - platinum nanoparticle with an advanced
electron microscope at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and using powerful reconstruction algorithms developed at UCLA, the researchers determined the precise three -
dimensional arrangement of atoms in the nanoparticle.