Scintillation imaging: A technique to reduce coding noise in scanned, coded-aperture imagers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5540, Issue , 2004, Pages 225-234

  Ziock, Klaus P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coded aperture imaging; EXIST; Gamma ray astronomy; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CODED APERTURE IMAGING; EXIST; GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY; X RAY ASTRONOMY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 15844385983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.580609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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