Does resolution really increase image quality?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6817, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tisse, Christel Loïc ^a   Guichard, Frédéric ^a   Cao, Frédéric ^a  

^a DxO Labs   (France)

Author keywords

CMOS APS image sensor; Information transfer capacity; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Pixel size; Signal to noise ratio (SNR); Spatial resolution; Tonal range

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; PIXELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CMOS APS IMAGE SENSOR; INFORMATION TRANSFER CAPACITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 43649092610     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.766150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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