Mesh term Microscopy, Electron
Browse to parent terms:Microscopy
Description
Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.Browse to child terms:
Cryoelectron Microscopy
Electron Probe Microanalysis
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Microscopy, Immunoelectron
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