Imatest provides customers with software, charts and equipment to meet and exceed image quality testing standards.

Imatest gives companies the right tools to test their image capture technology and has been a leader in image quality testing for over 10 years. Whether it’s still shots or video, visible light or infrared, Imatest has helped businesses in a variety of industries, including mobile, automotive, medical and manufacturing.

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Get reliable image quality results throughout R&D and manufacturing
Imatest Master
Test for a variety of image quality factors at once using over 30 popular test charts. Test everything from sharpness, distortion, color, illumination and more.
Imatest Industrial Testing (IT)
Ensure manufacturing outcomes meet product design requirements. Automate analysis modules to efficiently analyze image quality in testing environments.
Imatest Image Acquisition
Automatic image acquisition provides real-time analysis of image quality parameters to speed up the testing process. Remove the need to process individual images.
Imatest Ultimate
Integrate Imatest's software library with factory or lab control systems to refine image quality parameters without having to deal with multiple licenses or computers.
Our complete software suite offers you the right tools for the job
Imatest Master

Master

Optimize image quality testing

Imatest Ultimate

Ultimate

Refine test settings for real-time
results on one license

Imatest Industrial Testing

IT

Ensure outcomes meet
design requirements

Flexible testing solutions for development and production
Every industry has unique image quality factors and applications to consider
Get insights to the image quality factors that matter most to your camera system
Whether you need to test ultra-wide or macro lenses, we've got a testing solution
Test a variety of camera system components including sensors and autofocus
Increase oversight and traceability with solutions for several industry standards
View our image quality factors guide.
Understand components, modules and standards that are important to your industry testing needs.

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Correlating image quality with machine vision performance

October 16, 11:00 AM MDT October 23, 7:00 PM MT
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Black Box Camera measurement challenges

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Weekly Office Hours

Suggested Topic – Or whatever you want to talk about

Europe & Americas

Asia & Americas

Correlating image quality with machine vision performance

October 16, 11:00 AM MDT October 23, 7:00 PM MT
October 24, 9:00 AM China Time

Black Box Camera measurement challenges

November 20, 11:00 AM MDT

November 27, 7:00 PM MT
November 28, 9:00 AM China Time 

Wide FoV measurement challenges

December 18, 11:00 AM MDT December 23, 7:00 PM MT
December 24, 9:00 AM China Time 

 

Register for 11:00 AM MT.

Register for 7:00 PM MT.

Join us and an imaging science engineer will answer your imaging science questions.