Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 186

Another volume with chapters of wide interest. First, we have an account by N. de Jonge, M. Pfaff, and D.B. Peckys of an unusual form of electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy in liquid.

In the second chapter, J.-J. Ding and S.-C. Pei give a very detailed presentation of the linear canonical transform. This is a more general form of the familiar Fourier transform, a relative of the Wigner distribution function, which is nowadays relatively well known. It has found applications in many areas of image processing, phase retrieval, and filter design. The authors set out the basic theory and then describe several applications.

The volume concludes with a chapter on manipulation of tiny objects in the electron microscope by A.I. Denisyuk, A.V. Krasavin, F.E. Komissarenko, and I.S. Mukhin. Very small objects can be manipulated by mechanical forces or by electrostatic or magnetic forces. The authors explain how these operations are performed. The final sections, in which the use of electrostatic and magnetic fields is examined, are particularly interesting, as these methods are less familiar.