Price range: $1,000.00 through $1,300.00
Imatest offers recorded training that allows you to review the course material on your schedule over a three week period. The course provides the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use Imatest and assess digital image quality. Learn the key factors that contribute to overall image quality and how to apply Imatest to accurately measure each factor. This material also covers how to select appropriate test charts, configure Imatest options, and interpret Imatest output.
Recorded Training 3-week Price:
- English: $1,000
- Additional time: $100/week
Description
Students Will Learn How To:
- Measure key image quality factors using Imatest
- Understand and interpret Imatest output
- Avoid common mistakes in applying Imatest
- Select appropriate test charts
- Configure options to achieve particular testing objectives
- Assess overall image quality
- Automate tests for manufacturing quality control
Topics Covered:
Part 0: Introduction
- Background knowledge
- Image Quality Factor Overview
Part 1: Image Formation
- Lens Properties
- Sensor Properties
- Image Signal Processing
Part 2: Imaging Lab Setup
- Test Lab Considerations
- Charts
- Lighting
- Equipment
Part 3: Sharpness & Resolution
- Sharpness Concepts
- Sharpening
- Slanted Edge Analysis & Accuracy
- Acutance
- Other Sharpness Calculations
Part 4: Color
- Color Test Charts
- Reference Files
- Color Correction Matrix
Part 5: Tonal Response (OECF)
- Density units
- Radial & Linear stepcharts
- Linearization
Part 6: Noise & Dynamic Range
- SNR & Visual Noise
- Information Capacity
- Simulation of Noise with Simatest
Part 7: Geometry
- Lens Models
- Distortion Metrics
- Geometric Calibration
Part 8: Flat Field
- ISO and CPIQ Standard Measurements
- EMVA Measurements
- Blemish Detection
Part 9: Texture
- Cyclical texture measurement
- Random – Dead leaves / Spilled coins
- Effects of excessive processing
10: Utilities
- Common operations: File & region selection
- EXIF and Custom Metadata
- Image processing, simulation & statistics
- Arbitrary charts
Part 11: Automating with Imatest IT
- EXE and DLL interfaces
- Performance enhancement
- Manufacturing testing
- Pass/fail configuration
- Parsing of outputs using JSON

Instructor: Henry Koren
Henry, Chief Strategy Officer of Imatest, loves to dissect every challenge that comes along with translating photons into pixels. He is chair of the IEEE P1858 Camera Perceptual Image Quality (CPIQ) working group, which is focused on how our human visual systems perceive images. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California San Diego. When he’s not working, Henry loves to explore the natural beauty of Colorado with his wife two daughters.
Please contact [email protected] to arrange a private training course at your company or at the Imatest headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.








