Optimisation of centroiding algorithms for photon event counting imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 437, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 393-418

  Suhling, Klaus ^a   Airey, Robert W ^a   Morgan, Brian L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CENTROIDING ALGORITHMS; COUNTING IMAGING; FIXED PATTERN NOISE; GAUSSIAN ALGORITHM; MICROCHANNEL PLATES;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0343192324     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00770-6     Document Type: Article

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