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1 February 1982 Guest Editorial: Image Quality
Patrick S. Cheatham
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Optical Engineering, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 210101 (February 1982). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972849
Abstract
The term image quality can, unfortunately, apply to anything from a public relations firm's discussion to a comparison between corner drugstores' film processing. If we narrow the discussion to optical systems, we clarify the problem somewhat, but only slightly. We are still faced with a multitude of image quality measures all different, and all couched in different terminology. Optical designers speak of MTF values, digital processors talk about summations of before and after image differences, pattern recognition engineers allude to correlation values, and radar imagers use side-lobe response values measured in decibels. Further complexity is introduced by terms such as information content, bandwidth, Strehl ratios, and, of course, limiting resolution. The problem is to compare these different yardsticks and try to establish some concrete ideas about evaluation of a final image. We need to establish the image attributes which are the most important to perception of the image in question and then begin to apply the different system parameters to those attributes.
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Patrick S. Cheatham "Guest Editorial: Image Quality," Optical Engineering 21(1), 210101 (1 February 1982). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972849
Published: 1 February 1982
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KEYWORDS
Image quality
Image processing
Digital image processing
Modulation transfer functions
Digital image correlation
Imaging systems
Optical design
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