title: Measuring the performance of scanning electron microscope detectors.
abstract: A simple digital method of measuring the performance of detectors in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) is described. The value derived is absolute and can therefore be used to compare both different detectors on the same instrument as well as different detectors on different instruments. The technique can be applied to secondary electron, backscattered electron, and energy-dispersive x-ray detectors. Examples are given of measurements made on a variety of commercial detectors installed on a number of current SEMs.
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bunn
mesh_terms: D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012542:Scattering, Radiation