Author: Henry Koren
No Perfect Lens, No Perfect Lens Test
Roger Cicala of LensRentals.com has completed the second part of his two part series investigating lens testing.
Imatest October 2013 Newsletter
Imatest 3.10 Released The latest version of Imatest has been optimized for speed and includes many improvements and new features. […]
Imatest 3.10 Released
The release of version 3.10 of Imatest brings a host of improvements to make image quality testing faster and more […]
Transmissive Chart Quality Comparison
Imatest currently sells several transmissive (backlit) test charts, which have a range of substrates, each with specific properties and qualities […]
Visit us at Electronic Imaging 2014 Feb 2-8
The week before the conference, we invite you to join us for our two day Imatest Training Class taught by […]
Silicon Valley Presentation & Demo October 23
This event is passed. Thanks for your interest. We’ll be back in Silicon Valley early next year for Electronic […]
INI file corruption issue – How to reset Imatest INI file
Imatest does not support international characters in file name paths. Using files with international characters will corrupt the Imatest INI […]
Imatest IT in multi-threaded and multi-process environments
Imatest IT uses the Matlab runtime library which is a single-threaded routine that is not thread-safe. If your tester application […]
Imatest 3.9 Released
Imatest 3.9 was released on December 14th 2012. Please contact [email protected] for purchase or renewal information. Here is a […]
December 2012 Newsletter
Imatest 3.9 Released New features include: Support for high-speed manufacturing testing in the Imatest IT version Flat screen display testing […]
Selecting SFR edge regions based on field distance
Some customers need to select regions based on a specified center-to-corner distance. This can be done using an Edge ID […]
SFRplus – Selecting regions based on Center-to-corner distance
Some customers need to select regions based on specified center-to-corner distance. The objective of this is to match up the […]
SFRplus Quadrants
The chart corner quadrants are defined as follows: Quadrants of the SFRplus chart In the table below, the center square is […]
Slanted-Edge SFR Saturation
The following (Rescharts) SFRplus results shows the edge (unnormalized) and MTF results for one region near the center of the […]
Measuring the Effects of Tilt
Summary: The physical lens-to-sensor tilt angle is difficult to measure from images, but the effects of tilt on image quality are […]
December 2011 Newsletter: CPIQ Dot Pattern, 4:1 Contrast Charts
Imatest Supports I3A Camera Phone Image Quality Standards Imatest now has strong support for I3A (International Imaging Industry Association) CPIQ (Camera Phone Image […]
Skype Recommends Imatest For Video Quality Testing
Update You can find the latest Skype/Lync standards documents here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dn788953 The Skype Hardware Certification Specifications version 5.0 recommends imatest for […]
Imatest 3.8 Released
Imatest 3.8 was released on May 14th 2011. Please contact [email protected] for purchase or renewal information. Here is a complete list […]
Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) versions
Imatest requires installation Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) in order to run. Different versions of Imatest depend on different versions of the library […]
Advances in Testing Infrared Camera Systems
New infrared test charts and analysis software modernize testing of infrared cameras Once viewed as exotic devices, infrared camera systems […]




