ImageQualityfromaSineWaveorBarTarget(MTF)

MITREdevelopeditsMTFapplicationtocomputetheModulationTransferFunctionofanimagingsystem
usingasinewavetarget*,orcomputetheC ontrastTransferFunction(C TF)usingabartarget.Aliasingis
detectedandquantifiedand,forasinewave,theinput/outputrelationisestablished.
MTF.zipv6.5executablesforWindows&Mac,withsourcecode[8MB]

ImageQualityfromanEdgeTarget(SFR)
MITREmodifiedexistingcodetocomputetheSpatialFrequencyResponse(SFR)usinganedgetarget,
followingproceduresdefinedinISO12233*.TheSFRequalstheMTFofanimagingsystemundercertain
conditions.
SFR.zipv1.4.2executablesforWindows&Mac,withsourcecode[1MB]

ImageQualityfromtheNaturalScene(IQM)
MITREdevelopeditsImageQualityMeasure(IQM)applicationtodirectlymeasurethequalityofanarbitrary
image,i.e.,itdoesnotrequireimagingaspecifictarget,constantscene,orreferenceimage.IQM
(overview.pdf)iscomputedfromtheimage'sspatialfrequencypowerspectrum.
IQM.zipv7.3executablesforWindows&Mac,withsourcecode[4MB]

ImageQualityofFingerprint(IQF)
IQFisaderivativeofIQM,tailoredspecificallyforfingerprintqualityassessment.
IQF.zipv1.53executablesforWindows&Mac,withsourcecode[2MB]
MITREdevelopedtheMTF,SFR,andIQFfreewareapplicationstosupportperformanceanalysisoffingerprint
capturedevicesandprintersforFBIproductcertifications*,fortheFBI'sIntegratedAutomatedFingerprint
IdentificationSystem(IAFIS*)andtheUSgovernment'sPersonalIdentityVerification(PIV*)program.

C orrespondingtothesecertificationsareavailablespecandtestprocedures[3.3MB].Theseapplications
supportdevelopmentofdevicesenablinghighaccuracyexamination,matching,andidentificationof
fingerprintsandinteroperabilityacrosstheforensics/lawenforcementcommunity.
MITREoriginallydevelopedtheIQMfreewareapplicationtosupporttheUSgovernment'sneedsinimage
reconnaissance/surveillanceandinterpretation/exploitation.IQMcorrelateswithNIIRS*,thetraditional
visualimageinterpretabilityratingscaleusedforsuchpurposes.IQMisstructuredsuchthattheusercan
tailoritforqualityevaluationofotherimagetypes,e.g.,pictorial,medical,imagecompressionstudies,etc.
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