Maximum-likelihood estimation of an astronomical image from a sequence at low photon levels

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2841-2848

  Guillaume, Mireille ^a   Melon, Pierre ^a   Réfrégier, Philippe ^a   Llebaria, Antoine ^b  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 1842515949     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002841     Document Type: Article

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