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Accurate centroid tracking

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Hall, KC; Johnson, WM
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
August 9, 1983

The object of this work was to develop analytical tools for describing errors associated with mosaic array centroiding. As an example of a current problem, a Monte Carlo simulation of a point source tracking problem was implemented. Then for a given noise and image model, the accuracy of the image tracking was evaluated. In general the various causes for error in the centroid estimate were pixel geometry, device and background noise, and energy spillage outside window. Both mean errors (bias) and distribution about the mean (variance) were studied. The conclusions were: • Various sources of centroid estimation errors were developed. • A Monte Carlo simulation of track position estimation was evaluated for various scenarios. • Multiple measurements could be shown to provide resolution of a fraction of a pixel. © 1983 SPIE.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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1996-756X

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0277-786X

Publication Date

August 9, 1983

Volume

363

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106 / 113
 

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Hall, K. C., & Johnson, W. M. (1983). Accurate centroid tracking. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 363, pp. 106–113). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934167
Hall, K. C., and W. M. Johnson. “Accurate centroid tracking.” In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 363:106–13, 1983. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934167.
Hall KC, Johnson WM. Accurate centroid tracking. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1983. p. 106–13.
Hall, K. C., and W. M. Johnson. “Accurate centroid tracking.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 363, 1983, pp. 106–13. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.934167.
Hall KC, Johnson WM. Accurate centroid tracking. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1983. p. 106–113.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

August 9, 1983

Volume

363

Start / End Page

106 / 113