학술논문

Extraction of Modulation Transfer Function by using Simulated Satellite Images
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST) Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST), 2023 10th International Conference on. :1-5 Jun, 2023
Subject
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Geoscience
Robotics and Control Systems
Wiener filters
Satellites
Image edge detection
Space technology
Transfer functions
Stars
Modulation
Optical transfer functions
modulation transfer function
image chain simulation
imaging
image sensors
image sampling
image resolution
image restoration
Wiener filtering
Language
Abstract
Imaging satellite performance parameters, such as modulation transfer function (MTF) could be measured and analyzed using simulated images. We confirmed validity of our MTF extraction algorithms by comparing theoretical input with sine wave star and slanted edge case results. Mean squared error (MSE) for the slanted edge MTF extraction algorithm was 0.013% and for the sine wave star case it was even less. We performed Wiener filter image restoration to the degraded images and then extracted MTF values from these restored images. The agreement between the theoretical MTF and extracted ones remains very good for the restored images. Finally, we considered significance of various factors on accurate determination of MTF curves. Dependence on i) slanted edge angle ii) number of Time Delay Integration (TDI) steps, iii) pixel pitch size, iv) restoration level is expected to be low but results are relatively sensitive to the i) ROI selection, ii) dark noise, iii) oversampling number.