Coded Aperture (IMAGE)

Duke University

Coded Aperture

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The top image shows a typical reading from a mass spectrometer, where each line indicates the presence of a certain substance. The bottom image shows a reading from the new coded aperture, where researchers rely on computers to collapse the numerous lines into a brighter version of the image above.

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Jeff Glass, Duke University

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