TOD test method for characterizing electro-optical system performance

Stephen W. McHugh; Alan Irwin; J. Mathieu Valeton; Piet Bijl

doi:10.1117/12.439159

10 September 2001 TOD test method for characterizing electro-optical system performance

Stephen W. McHugh, Alan Irwin, J. Mathieu Valeton, Piet Bijl

Proceedings Volume 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439159
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Santa Barbara Infrared is working with TNO Human Factors Research Institute to develop the equipment and procedures necessary for a new standardized test method for characterizing electro-optical system performance. This method called Triangle Orientation Discrimination (TOD), offers a statistically more accurate and less subjective method of characterizing electro-optical system performance. TOD testing provides an excellent means of performing system level tests that characterizes spatial sensitivity in conjunction with target contrast, just as MRTD and MRC tests do, but in a more statistically accurate manner with less operator to operator variability. System design parameters and options will be discussed.

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Stephen W. McHugh, Alan Irwin, J. Mathieu Valeton, and Piet Bijl "TOD test method for characterizing electro-optical system performance", Proc. SPIE 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII, (10 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439159

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