Fisher information matrix for branching processes with application to electron-multiplying charge-coupled devices

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-379

  Chao, Jerry ^a,b   Ward, E Sally ^b   Ober, Raimund J ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; Electron Multiplication; Fisher information; Quantum limited imaging; Single molecule microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SIGNALS; BRANCHING PROCESS; ELECTRON MULTIPLICATION; FISHER INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; NOISE COEFFICIENT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PHOTON DETECTION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POINT SOURCES; READOUT NOISE; SINGLE-MOLECULE MICROSCOPY; WEAK SIGNALS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX;

EID: 84861874579     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11045-011-0150-7     Document Type: Article

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