Improvement of the Position Resolution of the CCD for X-Ray Use

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-106

  Yoshita, K ^a   Tsunemi, H ^a,b   Miyata, E ^a,b   Gendreau, K C ^c   Bautz, M W ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge cloud shape; Charge coupled device; Mesh experiment; Subpixel resolution

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; X RAYS;

CHARGE CLOUD; GAUSSIAN MODEL; RECTANGULAR MODEL; X RAY INTERACTION LOCATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 0033279682     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.757195     Document Type: Article

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