Minimum resolvable temperature difference model: a critical evaluation

Mohammad A. Karim; Minglun Gao; Song Hua Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.55997

1 November 1991 Minimum resolvable temperature difference model: a critical evaluation

Mohammad A. Karim, Minglun Gao, Song Hua Zheng

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 11, (November 1991). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55997

Abstract

Discrepancies between the predicted minimum resolvable temperature difference (MRTD) and field performances are indicative of the fact that the modeling of MRTD has certain inherent problems. Several sources for MRTD error are identified. MRTD is also shown to be a special case of a more general minimum resolvable luminance difference (MRLD) measure. The MRLD measure involves absolute temperature and can be used to describe more generic targets.

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Mohammad A. Karim, Minglun Gao, and Song Hua Zheng "Minimum resolvable temperature difference model: a critical evaluation," Optical Engineering 30(11), (1 November 1991). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55997

Published: 1 November 1991

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