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Start of funding 01.07.2008
Image Reconstruction Software for Near-Field Coded Mask Instruments
Prof. Dr. Jörn Wilms
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dr. Remeis Sternwarte
Prof. Dr. Marc Stamminger
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 9 (Graphische Datenverarbeitung)
Dr. Richard E. Rothschild
University of California, San Diego
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Due to the highly penetrating nature of X-rays with energies above
10keV, standard optical technologies such as mirrors cannot be used to
produce images at these energies. One of the alternative technologies
are so-called coded masks, a variant of the better known shadow masks.
The aim of this project is to develop software for the real-time
reconstruction of images taken from sources close to a coded mask camera
instead of the more common use of these cameras for astronomical imaging
(where sources can be taken to be at infinity).