Removing cosmic-ray hits from CCD images in real-time mode by means of an artificial neural network

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-168

  Waniak, Wacław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Image processing; Stars cosmic ray hits discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549071575     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-007-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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