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<strong>Imatest</strong> <strong>Documentation</strong><br />

Using SFRplus Part 1<br />

The SFRplus chart: features and how to photograph it<br />

<strong>Imatest</strong> SFRplus performs highly automated measurements of several key image quality factors using a speciallydesigned<br />

test chart. Unlike other modules, the user does not need to manually select Regions of Interest (ROIs). Image quality<br />

factors include<br />

Sharpness, expressed as Spatial Frequency Response (SFR), also known as the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF),<br />

Noise,<br />

Lateral Chromatic Aberration,<br />

Distortion (with less detailed output than the Distortion module), and<br />

Tonal response (again, with less detail than Stepchart; no noise statistics)<br />

Color accuracy, when used with an SFRplus chart that contains the optional color pattern, located above the central square.<br />

ISO sensitivity (Saturation-based and Standard Output Sensitivity), when incident lux is entered.<br />

SFRplus operates in two modes.<br />

Interactive/setup mode (run in Rescharts), which allows you to set up region selection and calculation parameters and<br />

interactively examine results in detail.<br />

Auto mode (run with the SFRplus button in the <strong>Imatest</strong> main window), which runs automatically with no additional user<br />

input. ROIs are selected automatically based on settings saved from the Rescharts interactive/setup mode. This allows images<br />

of different sizes and framing to be analyzed with no change of settings. Auto mode is especially useful for automated testing,<br />

where framing varies from image to image.<br />

This document introduces SFRplus and explains how to obtain and photograph the chart. Part 2 shows how to run SFRplus<br />

inside Rescharts and how to save settings for automated runs. Part 3 illustrates the results.<br />

New in <strong>Imatest</strong> 3.5.2 The Lens-style MTF plot is similar to MTF displays on the Canon, Nikon,<br />

and Zeiss websites.<br />

New in <strong>Imatest</strong> 3.5.1 Several geometrical alignment results are displayed in the Image &<br />

geometry plot.<br />

New in <strong>Imatest</strong> 3.5 ISO sensitivity is calculated when the incident lux level is entered.<br />

New in <strong>Imatest</strong> 3.4.1 Calculations are now much faster. A Speedup checkbox has been added to the<br />

SFRplus setup window to further increase speed by eliminating some calculations that most users don't<br />

need (SQF, noise histograms, clipping check, etc.).<br />

Here are two displays that illustrate some of the many capabilities of SFRplus. Other displays include MTF, Chromatic Aberration<br />

and noise statistics for individudual regions, and image and geometry (including distortion), color error, tonal response and<br />

uniformity profiles for the image as a whole.<br />

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