Estimation of ISO12233 Edge Spatial Frequency Response from Natural Scene Derived Step-Edge Data

Autor: Alexandra Psarrou, Robin B. Jenkin, Sophie Triantaphillidou, Oliver van Zwanenberg
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. 65:60402-1
ISSN: 1943-3522
DOI: 10.2352/j.imagingsci.technol.2021.65.6.060402
Popis: The Natural Scene derived Spatial Frequency Response (NS-SFR) is a novel camera system performance measure that derives SFRs directly from images of natural scenes and processes them using ISO12233 edge-based SFR (e-SFR) algorithm. NS-SFR is a function of both camera system performance and scene content. It is measured directly from captured scenes, thus eliminating the use of test charts and strict laboratory conditions. The effective system e-SFR can be subsequently estimated from NS-SFRs using statistical analysis and a diverse dataset of scenes. This paper first presents the NS-SFR measuring framework, which locates, isolates, and verifies suitable step-edges from captures of natural scenes. It then details a process for identifying the most likely NS-SFRs for deriving the camera system e-SFR. The resulting estimates are comparable to standard e-SFRs derived from test chart inputs, making the proposed method a viable alternative to the ISO technique, with potential for real-time camera system performance measurements.
Databáze: OpenAIRE