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29 October 1981 Test Facility For Thermal Imaging Systems
Jean-Claude Fontanella
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Proceedings Volume 0274, Assessment of Imaging Systems II; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931861
Event: Assessment of Imaging Systems: Visible and Infrared, 1981, Reading, United Kingdom
Abstract
The test facility is designed to measure the main performances of thermal imaging systems : optical transfer function, minimum resolvable thermal difference, noise equivalent temperature difference and spectral response. The infrared sources are slits, MRTD four bar patterns or the output slit of a monochromator which are placed in the focal plane of two collimators. The response of the system can be measured either on the display using a photometer or in the video signal using a transient recorder. Most of the measurements are controlled by a minicomputer. Typical results are presented.
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Jean-Claude Fontanella "Test Facility For Thermal Imaging Systems", Proc. SPIE 0274, Assessment of Imaging Systems II, (29 October 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931861
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

Thermography

Infrared imaging

Infrared radiation

Minimum resolvable temperature difference

Modulation transfer functions

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