A critical review of the slanted-edge method for color SFR measurement

Prasanna Rangarajan, Indranil Sinharoy, Marc P. Christensen, and Predrag Milojkovic

Publication

Prasanna Rangarajan, Indranil Sinharoy, Marc P. Christensen, and Predrag Milojkovic, A critical review of the slanted-edge method for color SFR measurement. OSA Topical meeting on Imaging Systems & Applications, 2012 [Download Paper] [View using Google DOCS]

Abstract

Critical examination of the slanted-edge method for color SFR measurement reveals inaccuracies in the estimated SFR, due to the use of demosaicing. The proposed method resolves these inaccuracies by eliminating the need for demosaicing during SFR measurement.

Additional material

MATLAB code

Please download CFASFR.zip, and run the MATLAB script driver_CFASFR.m to see the algorithm in action. For instructions on using the proposed SFR estimation algorithm with your images, please examine README.txt in the same ZIP file.

Selecting the Region-of-Interest

Frequently Asked Questions

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Dr. Peter Burns (author of SFRmat) for his valuable comments & insights.
We would also to acknowledge the financial support provided by the U.S Army Research Laboratory under Cooperative Agreement Number W911NF-06-2-0035.
We also thank Ted Ramasola for providing images of the ISO12233 chart obtained with a Canon 5D-MKII + VAF5D2 optical anti-aliasing filter.

Disclaimer

The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Army Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government.