coded-aperture telescope
coded-aperture telescope
[‚kōd·əd ‚ap·ə·chər ′tel·ə‚skōp] (astronomy)
A soft gamma-ray telescope that uses a coded mask to image celestial sources; the position of a gamma-ray source is determined by comparing the observed projection pattern of the mask with all possible projection patterns.
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