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Quicktime as a Storage Medium for Dynamic Data Sets in In-Situ Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

John F. Mansfield*
Affiliation:
North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory 417 SRB, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2143 http://emalwww.engin.umich.edu/people/jfmjfm/
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The field of in-situ electron microscopy has recently become very active. Microscopy and Microanalysis 1997 was host to an extended symposium devoted entirely to in-situ studies. Also, a recent Winter School sponsored by Arizona State University was devoted entirely to in-situ electron microscopy and drew over 90 attendees. Examination of the presentations and papers in these in-situ symposia has revealed that the researchers involved still have problems acquiring, managing and storing and manipulating their data. An in-situ experiment, by its very nature, is dynamic and recording micrographs is typically not the optimum method of image acquisition. Videotape is the preferred medium. High grade S-video recording of experiments permits the extraction of single frames of reasonable quality from the tapes for presentation and publication. There are, however, a number of problems with video recording. During in-situ studies a number of variables in the sample environment are changing, e.g. the pressure, the temperature, the stress, the strain and the microscope parameters (accelerating voltage, beam current, magnification, specimen tilt, etc.).

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Advances in Remote Microscopy, Instrument Automation and Data Storage
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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