read noise

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Introduction

Noise from variability in charge-coupled devices (CCD) that arise from simply reading the values that are stored on the CCD sensor. The read noise may be in the range of 6-8 electrons or a few counts on a 14 bit digitizer.

References

  1. Microarrays for the Neurosciences, Geschwind DH & Greg JP (eds), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2002