Maximum-likelihood detection of sources among Poissonian noise

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 989-1003

  Stewart, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Techniques: image processing; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

COMPACT SOURCES; ENERGY BANDS; MAXIMUM- LIKELIHOOD DETECTIONS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS; ML DETECTIONS; MONTE CARLO; POISSONIAN NOISE; PRACTICAL METHODS; SINGLE IMAGES; SOURCE DETECTIONS; TECHNIQUES: IMAGE PROCESSING; X-RAY OBSERVATORIES; X-RAY SKIES; X-RAYS: GENERAL;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 61949105365     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200811311     Document Type: Article

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