Algorithms for correcting geometric distortions in delay line anodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4498, Issue , 2001, Pages 267-274

  Wilkinson, Erik ^a   Penton, Steven V ^a   Béland, Stephané ^a   Vallerga, John V ^b   McPhate, Jason ^b   Sahnow, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay line anodes; Detectors; Distortion correction; Microchannel plates; Readouts; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DATA REDUCTION; DELAY CIRCUITS; PHOTONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; THERMAL DISTORTION; TIME DELAY ANODES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0035768190     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450073     Document Type: Article

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