TOD, a new method to characterize electro-optical system performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3377, Issue , 1998, Pages 182-193

  Bijl, P ^a   Valeton, J M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electro optical systems performance; Human perception; MRC; MRTD; Psychophysics; Sensor performance; Target acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CAMERAS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING;

ELECTROOPTICAL SYSTEMS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0032337698     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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