Patent ID: 11914129
Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method of claim 1 wherein the performance of eliminating the background noise is estimated by using methods selected from a group consisting of: (a) peak signal-to-background ratio (PSBR) where, P
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  ;, (c)sum of squared background photon number (SSBPN) where SSBPN=Σ(BPN)2, BPN: background photon number;(d) spatial frequency analysis; and combinations thereof.