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15 April 2008 Edge response revisited
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Abstract
The edge response is one of many techniques used to calculate the MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) of an imaging system. The MTF can be used to calculate the MRTD function (Minimal Resolvable Temperature Difference) for thermal imagers or the MRC (Minimal Resolvable Contrast) function for visible image systems. Most of the conventional techniques used to calculate the MRTD or MRC functions are time consuming and can be influenced by the subjectivity of the operator. A comparison of conventional MRTD measurements for more than 300 systems is compared with the MRTD function derived using the edge response technique.
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Shimshon N. Lashansky, Shlomo Mansbach, Michael J. Berger, Tehila Karasik, and Moran Bin-Nun "Edge response revisited", Proc. SPIE 6941, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX, 69410Z (15 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777957
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KEYWORDS
Modulation transfer functions

Minimum resolvable temperature difference

Signal to noise ratio

Spatial frequencies

Contrast transfer function

Thermography

Fourier transforms

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