Signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio, and exposure time for imaging systems with photon-limited noise

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Lucke, Robert L ^a   Kessel, Robert A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image evaluation; Image quality; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO; EXPOSURE TIME; IMAGE EVALUATION; PHOTON-LIMITED NOISE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748592602     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2205850     Document Type: Article

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