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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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Instantaneous Field of View IFOV<br />

Instantaneous field of view in an imager is very similar to that for a point<br />

sensing instrument: it is the angular projection of the detector element at the<br />

target plane. (resolution?)<br />

In an imager, however, it is also called imaging spatial resolution and<br />

represents the size of the smallest picture element that ean be imaged. An<br />

example of a typical instantaneous field of view specification would be "IFOV<br />

= 1.7 mRad at 0.35 MTF." The 0.35 MTF refers to 35 percent of the<br />

modulation transfer function test used to check imaging spatial resolution.<br />

This is described in detail in Chapter 4. The simple expression. D = αd, can<br />

be used to estimate imaging spot size at the target plane from manufacturer's<br />

published data by substituting the published instantaneous field of view for α.<br />

Keywords:<br />

IFOV, image spatial resolution,<br />

MTF-modulated transfer function<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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