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mitre_sfr (v1.3) November 2006 1 User Guide for mitre_sfr Computer Program The mitre_sfr computer program computes the spatial frequency response of an imaging system from the digital image of an edge target, following the technique defined in: ISO 12233:2000, “Photography – Electronic still-picture cameras – Resolution measurements,” First Edition, 2000-09-01 The mitre_sfr code is restricted to operation on 8 bits per pixel grayscale images input in TIFF, PGM, or raw format. Procedure: 1) Construct Opto-Electronic Conversion Function (OECF) If the imaging system has a nonlinear response to input energy, i.e., OECF curve is non- linear, then obtain or create the corresponding OECF file at discrete points. ? This file has one floating point pair of data values per line; first value is the input energy, second value is the corresponding output grey level ? Data is sorted on grey level, and linear interpolation is used for missing values. ? All pixel grey levels in the selected edge Region Of Interest (ROI) must be within the max min grey level range of the OECF. ? Optional comment lines are allowed at the beginning of the data file; they must begin with the pound sign: # ? An OECF curve is not needed if the input/output response is linear 2) Define the Region Of Interest (ROI) ? View the softcopy image of the slanted edge target (using your image display software) ? Locate an area of slanted edge transition. ? Construct a ROI rectangle within the edge area with the following properties: o Vertical slanted edge: ROI width is less than height o Horizontal slanted edge: ROI width is greater than height o Only one edge allowed in the ROI, approximately centered ? If one side of the edge requires a larger area to reach stability, the ROI should be expanded on the other side as well, so that the edge is approximately centered. o Black/white transition of edge must continue from end to end of the ROI o Where the ed