Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 384(2015)

Method and experiment of photon counting imaging based on EMCCD

Zhang Lei1,2、*, Shi Feng2, Zou Yan3, Zhang Long1,2, He Weiji1, Cheng Hongchang2, Gu Guohua1, and Chen Qian1
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    In this paper, a double-threshold filter strategy was proposed and experimentally tested to improve the accuracy of photon counting imaging with an electron multiplying charge-coupled device, by taking into account the addition bias noise and Pseudo-photon noise during photon counting mode. Photon counting event detection was achieved by using amplitude threshold and frequency threshold filter to eliminate the bias noise and Pseudo-photon noise. Based on Bayesian estimation on multi-imaging, an optimal detection rule was found with minimum error cost. Experiment indicates that double-threshold filter strategy improves the photon detection accuracy than usual integrate method, and is suitable for imaging in ultra-low-light conditions such as biological dim light detection.

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    Zhang Lei, Shi Feng, Zou Yan, Zhang Long, He Weiji, Cheng Hongchang, Gu Guohua, Chen Qian. Method and experiment of photon counting imaging based on EMCCD[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2015, 44(1): 384

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    Category: 信息处理

    Received: May. 11, 2014

    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2014

    Published Online: Jan. 26, 2016

    The Author Email: Lei Zhang (stones@mail.njust.edu.cn)

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