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MTF Assessment and Image Restoration Technique for Post-Launch Calibration of DubaiSat-1

DubaiSat-1의 발사 후 검보정을 위한 MTF 평가 및 영상복원 기법

  • 황현덕 ((주)쎄트렉아이 지상사업부문) ;
  • 박원규 ((주)쎄트렉아이 지상사업부문) ;
  • 곽성희 ((주)쎄트렉아이 지상사업부문)
  • Received : 2011.09.05
  • Accepted : 2011.10.07
  • Published : 2011.10.31
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Abstract

The MTF(modulation transfer function) is one of parameters to evaluate the performance of imaging systems. Also, it can be used to restore information that is lost by a harsh space environment (radioactivity, extreme cold/heat condition and electromagnetic field etc.), atmospheric effects and falloff of system performance etc. This paper evaluated the MTF values of images taken by DubaiSat-1 satellite which was launched in 2009 by EIAST(Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) and Satrec Initiative. Generally, the MTF was assessed using various methods such as a point source method and a knife-edge method. This paper used the slanted-edge method. The slantededge method is the ISO 12233 standard for the MTF measurement of electronic still-picture cameras. The method is adapted to estimate the MTF values of line-scanning telescopes. After assessing the MTF, we performed the MTF compensation by generating a MTF convolution kernel based on the PSF(point spread function) with image denoising to enhance the image quality.

MTF(modulation transfer function)는 광학 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 사용되는 중요한 파라미터 중 하나이다. 또한 열악한 우주 환경(방사능, 극한 열조건 및 전자기장 등), 대기 영향 및 시스템 성능의 저하 등으로 저하된 영상품질을 복원시켜주기 위한 파라미터로 사용될 수도 있다. 본 논문에서는 소형 지구관측위성인 DubaiSat-1이 발사된 후, 위성영상의 품질을 평가하기 위하여 MTF를 측정하였다. 일반적으로 MTF는 point source 혹은 knife-edge 방법 등과 같은 다양한 방법을 이용하여 측정되어왔다. 그러나 본 논문에서는 ISO에서 line source에 의한 MTF 측정을 표준화한 slanted-edge 방법을 이용하여 MTF를 측정하였다. Slanted-edge 방법은 전자 스틸 카메라(electronic still-picture camera)의 MTF를 측정하기 위한 ISO 12233 표준으로써, 라인스캐닝 망원경(line-scanning telescope)의 MTF를 추정하기 위하여 사용된 방법이다. 또한 PSF(point spread function) 기반으로 제작된 MTF 회선 커널(MTF convolution kernel)에 의한 MTF 보상(MTF compensation)과 영상의 노이즈 제거(image denoising)를 수행하여 영상의 품질 저하(degradation)를 완화시켰다.

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