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What’s inside MountainsSEM®

SEM image colorization & enhancement
  • “Click and color” tool for colorizing SEM images quickly and easily
  • Apply image correction and enhancement tools

SEM image colorization & enhancement

Colorize SEM images easily:

  • Go from black and white to color in just a few clicks
  • Objects are detected automatically and colorized by the software
  • No need to create layers or play with transparency

Learn more: digitalsurf.revelateur.fr/news/add-color-to-sem-images-in-only-a-few-steps/

Correct and enhance SEM images:

  • smooth
  • remove artefacts
  • fix lighting
  • adjust brightness and contrast
3D reconstruction from stereo pairs
  • Reconstruct 3D surface topography from two successive tilted scans of your sample in just a few seconds and obtain accurate height values.
  • Obtain accurate height values and evaluate surface roughness.

3D reconstruction from stereo pairs

  • Switch from standard 2D images to “topographic” models
  • Reconstruct a 3D model from two successive tilted scans of your sample in just a few seconds
  • Obtain accurate height values from good quality stereo pairs
  • Evaluate surface texture, surface roughness etc.

Learn more: digitalsurf.revelateur.fr/blog/7-tips-for-producing-sem-stereo-pairs/

3D reconstruction from 4 images

Reconstruct 3D surface topography from 4 images obtained using a four-quadrant detector.

3D reconstruction from 4 images

  • Upgrade your SEM images to 3D in seconds
  • Generate a 3D model from 4 images obtained using a four-quadrant detector and visualize otherwise invisible details
  • Achieve enhanced rendering by overlaying the combined SEM image on the 3D topography at a user-defined transparency level

Learn more: digitalsurf.revelateur.fr/blog/using-a-four-quadrant-detector-in-3d-reconstruction/

3D rendering from single images
  • Generate rough-draft 3D renderings from single SEM images
  • Improve visual interpretation of the image

3D rendering from single images

  • Generate rough-draft 3D renderings from single SEM images
  • Improve visual interpretation of the image (contrary to 3D reconstruction from stereo pairs, height values are not metrological in this case).
Create 3D chemical maps with EDS data

Build spectacular 3D renderings associating EDS (EDX) maps or other spectral/compositional data with topography reconstructed from SEM images

Create 3D chemical maps with EDS data

  • Build spectacular 3D renderings associating EDS (EDX) maps or other spectral/compositional data with SEM images (or topography if available)
  • Highlight surface properties & composition
  • Access a wide range of rendering options (palettes, color mixing, transparency etc.)
FIB-SEM tomography
  • Load, display and analyze focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy image series
  • Associate tomography and chemical analysis

FIB-SEM tomography

  • Load, display and analyze focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy image series as 3D voxel cubes
  • Associate tomography and chemical analysis
  • Slice through the inside of your materials: choose segmentation and animation settings
  • Produce 3D particle and grains statistics from your 3D voxel cubes
2D particle analysis

Apply powerful particle analysis tools to your SEM data and automatically identify and quantify features in your image using SEM-specific object recognition.

2D particle analysis

  • Quickly identify and quantify features in virtually any SEM image
  • Benefit from dedicated SEM-SE and SEM-BSE image segmentation & object detection
  • Calculate over 70 different characteristics (area, perimeter, diameter etc.) and sort them into user-defined classes
  • Generate statistics and create control charts, scatter plots, histograms etc.
Fiber Analysis
  • Quantify interstices & individual fibers, even if they overlap
  • Calculate diameter & orientation of fibers
  • Use SEM-dedicated fiber detection algorithms

Fiber Analysis

  • Quantify individual fibers whether they are separate, touching or overlapping.
  • Analyze SEM images (SE & BSE modes) of a wide variety of samples
  • Detect fibers & interstices automatically using dedicated detection methods
    • Carry out analysis of fiber morphology and display:
      –   Histogram of fiber diameters
      –   A table of parameters for individual fibers and interstices including:
      *   Fiber diameter (mean, min, max, standard deviation)
      *   Average fiber direction (or fiber orientation)
      *   Interstice diameter
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Correlative analysis
  • Combine SEM images from different detectors or with data from other measurement instruments such as AFM or EDS (EDX)
  • Colocalize your SEM images with spectral analysis data

Correlative analysis

  • Combine SEM images from different detectors (SE + BSE) or with data from other measurement instruments (AFM/SPMs, 3D optical microscopes) for correlative analysis
  • Colocalize your SEM images with spectral analysis data (EDX, Cathodoluminescence…) and build impressive chemical maps

Left: colocalization of an SEM image with AFM topography.

Mountains® core features

Works with all SEMs, trusted by the manufacturers

  • Process data from any brand of SEM
  • Join over 22,000+ Mountains® users worldwide
  • Use image analysis software chosen & provided by the leading SEM manufacturers
  • The majority of national research laboratories trust the precision of Mountains® (NIST, NPL, PTB, LNE etc.)

Mountains® core features

Scientific software with a document layout

  • Organize the different steps of your SEM image processing (original images, distance measurements, particle statistics etc.) on one or several pages
  • Publish these directly in different formats (PDF, Word and Excel) to share with colleagues, students, clients etc.

Mountains® core features

Total traceability

  • MountainsSEM® unique analysis workflow lets users see all the analysis steps already applied to data
  • Revert back to any step in the process at any time
  • Workflow is interactive

Mountains® core features

Powerful automation

  • Automate your repetitive SEM work and speed up your analysis process with no-code tools
  • Save analysis sequences and reapply automatically to large batches of data
  • Accelerate analysis with built-in statistics tools

Mountains® core features

Surface imaging & metrology expertise

  • 30+ years’ experience developing analysis software for the global industrial and scientific community
  • Heavy investment in research and development
  • Our team of experts constantly test and improve the quality of Mountains® and ensure the software is compliant with current scientific norms and methods

Mountains® core features

Work & get help in your own language

  • Work in one of the 11 languages available in the MountainsSEM® user interface
  • Get help on using the software for SEM applications from our international support team.

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Instrument compatibility

Any scanning electron microscope (SEM)

Product features

Quick SEM image colorization

Basic analysis and measurement tools

Image correction & enhancement tools

Ultra-fast 3D reconstruction from 2 or 4 SEM images

Instant 3D enhancement of single SEM images

EDS/EDX map overlays on surface topography

Optional modules

Correlative Microscopy

2D particle analysis & characterization

 Option Option

Fiber Analysis

 Option Option

FIB-SEM tomography cubes visualization & analysis

 Option

Contour analysis

 Option Option

Support for Shells (freeform surfaces)

 Option

Advanced profile analysis

 Option Option

Advanced Topography Analysis

 Option Option

Fourier & wavelets analysis

 Option Option

Spectroscopy

 Option Option

Thickness Analysis

 Option Option

4D Surface Change

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Recommended optional modules

The following range of optional modules for advanced and specialized applications is available for MountainsSEM®.

Chemical Cubes Module

Full visualization & analysis of multi-channel cubes of compositional data
Fiber Analysis Module

Analyze fiber morphology including diameter & direction in SEM images (SE and BSE modes), light microscopy images and on topographical data.
Shell Extension Module

Freeform surface management, complex shape analysis, high quality 3D visualization
Spectroscopy Module

Visualize, process, analyze and correlate spectroscopic data: IR, Raman, TERS, EDS/EDX, XRF and more
Contour Analysis Module

Basic geometric dimensioning & tolerancing of contour profiles & horizontal contours extracted from images & surfaces
Particle Analysis Module

A comprehensive toolset for detecting and analyzing particles, pores, grains, islands etc. on structured surfaces
Advanced Topography Module

Advanced studies, parameters & filters for 3D (“areal”) surface texture analysis
Thickness Analysis Module

Global or zone-specific interactive thickness characterization based on a pair of surfaces or profiles
Advanced Profile Module

Advanced profile filtering, Fourier analysis, fractal analysis and statistical analysis of series of profiles
Fourier & Wavelets Module

FFT-based texture analysis, advanced FFT filtering, multi-scale analysis by wavelets
4D Surface Change Module

Analyze surface evolution with respect to time, temperature, magnetic field or another dimension

Stories

Applications

Using 3D reconstruction of SEM images to reverse-engineer the human ovary

A team of researchers at the Catholic University of Louvain used topographic characterization and 3D reconstruction to reverse engineer the human ovary, bringing a plethora of new possibilities in biomedicine and biomimetics.

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Applications

Analyzing data from a large-scale multi-instrument project

The Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France recently completed the “Dirac III-V” project investigating ways of producing Dirac electrons (electrons without any mass). This project called for the use of many different fabrication methods as well as a software program capable of bringing together and processing the different kinds of datasets generated.

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Applications

Investigating next-gen engine components at the nanoscale

A research team based at JEOL France recently studied the composition of magnetic fields incorporated in direct current electrical motors. In this study, they used a FIB-SEM technique coupled with a specialized analysis software package, based on Mountains® technology.

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Applications

Characterizing antimicrobial surface topography

A group of researchers from the University of Ferrara, Italy, defined a general procedure to characterize surfaces and to evaluate their antimicrobial properties. Learn more about how they used Mountains® software in their study.

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Applications

Correlating AFM, SEM & EDX data for nanoparticle analysis

For this application, a research team at the LNE Nanotech Institute combined measurements from several instrument techniques including Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with a new-generation energy dispersive X-ray detector (EDX). They used MountainsLab® software to correlate the collected data and extract the relevant information.

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Applications

Ear bone erosion: SEM image 3D reconstruction helps identify cells responsible

Incus bone erosion is considered a typical characteristic of advanced cholesteatomas (CHO), a pathology of the ear. Researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome explain how they used SEM image reconstruction technique to solve the mystery of this pathology and discover which cell erodes the middle ear incus bone.

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Applications

SEM analysis for improved wound care in burn patients

Bacterial infection of wounds is a major risk for patients undergoing skin grafts following severe burn injuries. Drs Monica Iliescu Nelea (left) & Michel Alain Danino, of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada are part of a group of researchers working on furthering medical understanding of this phenomenon.

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Applications

SEM image 3D reconstruction of laser-structured surfaces

Ultrashort femtosecond lasers are known for their capacity to efficiently fabricate complex nanostructures and devices for a wide variety of applications. In two recent studies, the properties of femtosecond laser-structured surfaces were revealed thanks to a unique SEM image reconstruction technique.

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Applications

Understanding stem cell structure: a new method

Using scanning electron microscopy and Hitachi map 3D software based on Mountains® technology, cell biology scientists at the University of Miyazaki (Japan) defined a new method for examining stem cell architecture.

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Testimonials

What People Are Saying

Emna Ouni

Emna Ouni

Bioengineer, PhD, Gustave Roussy Institute (France)

Mountains® represents a very useful toolbox for designing bioinspired smart materials thanks to its simplified toolbars which provide direct access to advanced surface analysis options based on ISO norms. The stereoscopic reconstruction tool for SEM images based on eucentric tilted samples and the 3D interactive animation of models takes electron microscopy to the next level.

Rolandas Verbickas

Rolandas Verbickas

Research electrochemist, Daido Metal Co., Ltd

I have to say that we did not realize at the beginning all the potential of Mountains®. But from the moment we started to use we were very happy with the user-friendly interface and many available tools for performing image analysis. I would rate as a very satisfied customer.

Marina Raschetti

Marina Raschetti

Institut FEMTO-ST, Besançon (France)

Mountains® software is very versatile. The “operators” are intuitive and it is easy to access the “help” section for technical explanations. Contact with customer support, which is a must for any new user, is always very smooth and I always get a quick answer to my questions.

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