Photon-counting imaging and its application
Abstract
A photon-counting image acquisition system (PIAS) has been developed to detect and display individual photons or particles in real time and to carry out subsequent image processing or analysis. The system consists of a photon-counting imager, a position analyzer, and an image processor. Various types of the imager have been developed to detect X-ray, XUV, VUV, UV, and visible photons as well as charged particles. It is shown that the PIAS allows real-time imaging and analysis of very faint objects with an intensity of only few counts per second for the whole image. Results of basic experiments and applications of the PIAS are discussed.
- Publication:
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Photo-Electronic Image Devices
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985peid.book...21T
- Keywords:
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- Image Analysis;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Microchannel Plates;
- Photometry;
- Photons;
- Real Time Operation;
- Astronomy;
- Image Processing;
- Position Sensing;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Spatial Resolution;
- Instrumentation and Photography