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Title: Sinusoidal Siemens star spatial frequency response measurement errors due to misidentified target centers

Abstract

Numerous methods are available to measure the spatial frequency response (SFR) of an optical system. A recent change to the ISO 12233 photography resolution standard includes a sinusoidal Siemens star test target. We take the sinusoidal Siemens star proposed by the ISO 12233 standard, measure system SFR, and perform an analysis of errors induced by incorrectly identifying the center of a test target. We show a closed-form solution for the radial profile intensity measurement given an incorrectly determined center and describe how this error reduces the measured SFR of the system. As a result, using the closed-form solution, we propose a two-step process by which test target centers are corrected and the measured SFR is restored to the nominal, correctly centered values.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1235334
Report Number(s):
SAND-2015-3823J
Journal ID: ISSN 0091-3286; 583959
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Optical Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0091-3286
Publisher:
SPIE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; spatial frequency response; modulation transfer function; SFR; MTF; resolution; image quality evaluation; Siemens star

Citation Formats

Birch, Gabriel Carisle, and Griffin, John Clark. Sinusoidal Siemens star spatial frequency response measurement errors due to misidentified target centers. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.7.074104.
Birch, Gabriel Carisle, & Griffin, John Clark. Sinusoidal Siemens star spatial frequency response measurement errors due to misidentified target centers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.7.074104
Birch, Gabriel Carisle, and Griffin, John Clark. 2015. "Sinusoidal Siemens star spatial frequency response measurement errors due to misidentified target centers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.7.074104. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235334.
@article{osti_1235334,
title = {Sinusoidal Siemens star spatial frequency response measurement errors due to misidentified target centers},
author = {Birch, Gabriel Carisle and Griffin, John Clark},
abstractNote = {Numerous methods are available to measure the spatial frequency response (SFR) of an optical system. A recent change to the ISO 12233 photography resolution standard includes a sinusoidal Siemens star test target. We take the sinusoidal Siemens star proposed by the ISO 12233 standard, measure system SFR, and perform an analysis of errors induced by incorrectly identifying the center of a test target. We show a closed-form solution for the radial profile intensity measurement given an incorrectly determined center and describe how this error reduces the measured SFR of the system. As a result, using the closed-form solution, we propose a two-step process by which test target centers are corrected and the measured SFR is restored to the nominal, correctly centered values.},
doi = {10.1117/1.OE.54.7.074104},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1235334}, journal = {Optical Engineering},
issn = {0091-3286},
number = 7,
volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Sinusoidal Siemens star target as defined by equation 1.

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