Next: The FMAPE Algorithm Up: HST Image Restoration with Previous: Introduction . ... We shall work with the following model: an object emits light with intensity given by a spatial distribution . The light is focused by the optical system over a detector array consisting of individual discrete and independent detectors. ... We assume that the detection process is Poisson distributed. ... The imaging equation corresponding to this model is: . Equation ( 1 ) in discrete form becomes: . ...