Optical Transfer Function of Imaging Systems

"A lot of thought has gone into the structure and contents … other books do not contain the practical content."-Professor Robert Brown, Sharp Laboratories Europe Ltd."The practical approach of this book gives it a different, and in a sense complementary role, as compared to classical theoretical textbooks on the subject, and makes it a valuable resource to all those who are interested in specifying and assessing the performance of an imaging system."-E. Castelli, Il Nouvo Cimento B

• List of abbreviations, List of symbols, 1 The performance of imaging systems, 2 An introduction to the OTF concept, its calculation and measurement, 3 A review of techniques for measuring the OTF/MTF of lens systems, 4 Measurement of the OTF/MTF of lens systems, 5 Test conditions and other special considerations relating to specific classes of optical system, 7 Electro-optical imaging devices and systems, 8 Factors affecting the accuracy of OTF measurement and methods of assessing accuracy, 9 OTF/MTF and image quality, 10 MTF of sampled imaging systems, 11 Veiling glare, 12 Diagnostic and other applications of MTF equipment, Appendix A Values for some useful functions, Appendix B Data on sources and detectors, including photographic materials, Appendix C Data for assessing the accuracy of MTF equipment, Appendix D Data for some standard test lenses, Appendix E Incoherent illumination of MTF test patterns, Bibliography, Index