Image generation method
A method which can generate a clear image of a specimen by correcting an image drift is disclosed. The image generation method includes: scanning a specimen with an electron beam to generate images; calculating amounts of image drift within specific regions of the respective images; calculating continuous amounts of image drift by interpolation from the amounts of image drift; determining an amount of image drift at each pixel of the images from the continuous amounts of image drift; correcting the images by correcting a brightness of each pixel based on the amount of image drift at each pixel; and generating a synthetic image from the corrected images.
1. An image generation method comprising:
scanning a specimen with an electron beam to generate images;
calculating amounts of image drift within specific regions of the respective images;
calculating continuous amounts of image drift by interpolation from the amounts of image drift;
determining an amount of image drift at each pixel of the images from the continuous amounts of image drift;
correcting the images by correcting a brightness of each pixel based on the amount of image drift at each pixel; and
generating a synthetic image from the corrected images;
wherein correcting the images comprises correcting the images by:
adding the amount of image drift at each pixel to a position of each pixel to determine a shift position;
obtaining a brightness of a pixel at the shift position; and
assigning the obtained brightness to a brightness of the pixel at the position to which the amount of image drift is to be added.
2. The image generation method according to claim 1 , wherein the synthetic image is an average image of the corrected images.