Backscatter imaging is primarily a compositional imaging mode, although it can be used on samples which exhibit excessive charging or on samples which provide poor SE images. The BSE detector can ...

This article outlines the working principles and applications of scanning electron microscopy in further detail. A high-energy electron ... backscattered electrons (BSE). BSE and x-ray detectors ...

As the beam electrons interact with the specimen, they are scattered elastically (changing their trajectory but carrying almost the same kinetic energy ... produced during the electron beam-specimen ...