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Abstract
The contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) is presented and characterized as a tool for quantitative noise measurement of scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. Analogies as well as differences between the CNR and the widely used signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are analytically and experimentally investigated. With respect to practical SEM image evaluation using the contrast-to-noise ratio, a standard specimen and an evaluation program are presented. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Keywords: contrast; contrast-to-noise ratio; image evaluation; noise; scanning electron microscopy
Year: 2014 PMID: 25533747 DOI: 10.1002/sca.21179
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scanning ISSN: 0161-0457 Impact factor: 1.932