Resolution of strong sources for a gamma-ray telescope using coded aperture imaging

Appl Opt. 1988 Oct 15;27(20):4226-30. doi: 10.1364/AO.27.004226.

Abstract

A hard x-ray/medium energy gamma-ray telescope is being developed using coded aperture imaging. The image recorded on the detector has to be cross correlated to deconvolve the sky map. We have developed a deconvolution method using the 2-D discrete Fourier transform, whose goal is to improve the separating power of these reconstructed maps. The results and limits of the method are discussed.