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.
From the reviews of the second edition:
"It is thirteen years since the first edition of Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy by E.J. Kirkland appeared. ... the book contains much guidance in this complex area and the list of references draws attention to many relevant papers that can all too easily be overlooked." (Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 116, 2012)
"It is thirteen years since the first edition of Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy by E.J. Kirkland appeared. ... the book contains much guidance in this complex area and the list of references draws attention to many relevant papers that can all too easily be overlooked." (Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 116, 2012)