Objective MRTD experimental measurements compared with predictions based on the visibility model

Ronald J. Pieper; Alfred W. Cooper; Mustafa Celik; Yucel Kenter

doi:10.1117/12.487760

22 August 2003 Objective MRTD experimental measurements compared with predictions based on the visibility model

Ronald J. Pieper, Alfred W. Cooper, Mustafa Celik, Yucel Kenter

Proceedings Volume 5076, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIV; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487760
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Minimum Resolvable Temperature Difference (MRTD) has long been used to describe the performance of thermal imaging systems. The Visibility Model II developed for second generation thermal imaging systems includes sampling and aliasing issues without assumptions about the observer. As with the earlier reported Visibility Model, applicable for first generation imagers, both objective and subjective measurement schemes can be accommodated. The visibility concept has been demonstrated to be applicable in predicting the objective MRTD. The laboratory measurement of objective MRTD provided the data to evaluate the performance of Objective VISMODII model. Although the measurements are limited in scope, they do demonstrate that the VISMODII predictive model can also be applied to objective MRTD measurements.

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Ronald J. Pieper, Alfred W. Cooper, Mustafa Celik, and Yucel Kenter "Objective MRTD experimental measurements compared with predictions based on the visibility model", Proc. SPIE 5076, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIV, (22 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487760

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