Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2565-2573

  Wei, Hong ^a,b   Johnston, Eion ^a,c   Binnie, T David ^{a,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Hughes Microelectronics Ltd   (United States)

^f Sensor and Instrumentation Group

^g Shell Explor and Production Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h Shell Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^j Vision Group plc

^k EPSRC Coll Peers Contr Instrum   (Canada)

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Author keywords

CMOS camera; CTF; Digital imaging system; Image resolution; MTF; Spatial frequency response

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542465942     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601778     Document Type: Article

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