Evaluation of Photon Imaging Devices

Abstract

The research was concentrated on the establishment of procedures for evaluation of photon imaging devices and subsystems, with emphasis on television pickup tubes. The results may be grouped into three main categories. First, the authors reexamined the basic criteria now used for rating the performance of photon imaging devices and systems and propose consideration of detective quantum efficiency (DQE) as a more significant figure of merit. Second, a basic test equipment for the evaluation of television camera tubes was set up in the laboratories of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. Third, the measurement techniques are now being extended to evaluate signal and noise directly in the output image presented to the human observer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748005

Entities

People

  • J. A. Hall
  • S. Nudelman

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Camera Tubes
  • Cameras
  • Charge Carriers
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Image Tubes
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Photodetectors
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Test Facilities
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing