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QUANTUM NOISE [3 records]

Record 1 2022-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

Quantum mottle is defined as the variation in density of a uniformly exposed radiograph that results from the random spatial distribution of the x-ray quanta absorbed in the screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
DEF

[The] randomness of image or projection measurements owing to defective counting of the number of photons emitted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

[...] le bruit photonique ou bruit quantique [...] correspond au phénomène de fluctuation quantique des photons X et se trouve dans l'image radiante, il devient apparent à faibles doses et prépondère au niveau des structures les plus denses [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
  • Radio Interference
  • Telecommunications
DEF

Tube noise caused by random fluctuations of the current of charge carriers passing through a surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
  • Perturbations radio
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Bruit provoqué par les fluctuations aléatoires d'un signal. Ces fluctuations sont dues à la nature corpusculaire d'un débit de charges électriques ou d'un débit de photons.

OBS

Ne pas confondre «effet de gre naille» et «bruit de grenaille» qui en indique le résultat.

OBS

La formule de Schottky sert à calculer la valeur de la variation du bruit de grenaille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
  • Perturbaciones radioeléctricas
  • Telecomunicaciones
DEF

Ruido atribuible a la naturaleza discreta o atómica de la luz.

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