Survey and comparison of focal plane MTF measurement techniques

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4486, Issue , 2002, Pages 219-246

  Dutton, Tracy ^a   Lomheim, Terrence ^a   Nelson, Mark D ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane; FPA; Image quality; Measurement; Modulation transfer function; MTF

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; LINEAR SPREAD FUNCTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION MEASUREMENT; OPTO-MECHANICAL;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 0036394816     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455108     Document Type: Article

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