Earl J. Kirkland 
Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy 

This updated and revised edition of a classic work provides a summary of methods for numerical computation of high resolution conventional and scanning transmission electron microscope images. At the limits of resolution, image artifacts due to the instrument and the specimen interaction can complicate image interpretation. Image calculations can help the user to interpret and understand high resolution information in recorded electron micrographs. The book contains expanded sections on aberration correction, including a detailed discussion of higher order (multipole) aberrations and their effect on high resolution imaging, new imaging modes such as ABF (annular bright field), and the latest developments in parallel processing using GPUs (graphic processing units), as well as updated references. Beginning and experienced users at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level will find the book to be a unique and essential guide to the theory and methods of computation in electron microscopy.

Table of Content

Introduction.- The Transmission Electron Microscope.- Some Image Approximations.- Sampling and the Fast Fourier Transform.- Calculation of Images of Thin Specimens.- Theory of Calculation of Images of Thick Specimens.- Multislice Applications and Examples.- The Programss.- App. A: Plotting Transfer Functions.- App. B: The Fourier Projection Theorem.- App. C: Atomic Potentials and Scattering Factors.- App. D: The Inverse Problem.- App. E: Bilinear Interpolation.- App. F: 3D Perspective View.

About the author

Earl J. Kirkland graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in Physics, and from Cornell University with a Ph D in Applied Physics. He currently teaches in the Applied Physics Department at Cornell.