Extraordinary improvement in scintillation detectors via post-processing with ASEDRA-solution to a 50-year-old problem

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  La Vigne, E ^a   Sjoden, G ^a   Baciak, J ^a   Detwiler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; ASEDRA; Post processing; Sodium iodide; Synthetic enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CANNING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; EXPLOSIVES; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; STANDARDS;

ADAPTIVE DETECTORS; APPLIED (CO); CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); DE-NOISING; DE-NOISING ALGORITHMS; DETECTOR RESOLUTION; ENERGY PEAKS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GENERAL (CO); HIGH ACCURACY; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HPGE DETECTORS; NAI(TL) DETECTORS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; NOISE REMOVAL; PHOTOPEAKS; POST PROCESSING; POST-PROCESSES; POST-PROCESSING; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS; SPECTRA (CO); SPECTRUM FEATURES; STOCHASTIC NOISES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 44949212719     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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