measureChromaticAberration

R2026b

Measure chromatic aberration at slanted edges

Syntax

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart)

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart,Name=Value)

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(im,roiPositions)

Description

Test Chart Object

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart) measures the chromatic aberration at all slanted edge ROIs of an Imatest^® Enhanced or Extended test chart, or a simulated eSFR test chart.

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart,Name=Value) specifies a subset of ROIs to measure by using name-value arguments.

Test Chart Image

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(im,roiPositions) measures the chromatic aberration at all slanted edge ROIs at positions roiPositions for test chart image im.

Examples

Measure Chromatic Aberration of Slanted Edges on eSFR Chart

Read an image of an eSFR chart into the workspace.

I = imread("eSFRTestImage.jpg");

Create an esfrChart object, then display the chart with ROI annotations. The 60 slanted edge ROIs are labeled with green numbers.

chart = esfrChart(I);
displayChart(chart,displayColorROIs=false,...
    displayGrayROIs=false,displayRegistrationPoints=false)

Measure the chromatic aberration in all slanted edge ROIs. Examine the contents of the returned table, chTable, for a single ROI.

chTable = measureChromaticAberration(chart);
ROIIndex = 3;
chTable(3,:)

ans = 1×5 table
    ROI    aberration    percentAberration     edgeProfile     normalizedEdgeProfile
    ___    __________    _________________    _____________    _____________________

     3       1.7983           0.13956         {332×4 table}        {332×4 table}    

Store the normalized edge profile in a separate variable, edgeProfile, for clarity. Examine the normalized color intensity of the first and last pixel of edgeProfile.

edgeProfile = chTable.normalizedEdgeProfile{ROIIndex};
edgeProfile([1 end],:)

ans = 2×4 table
    normalizedEdgeProfile_R    normalizedEdgeProfile_G    normalizedEdgeProfile_B    normalizedEdgeProfile_Y
    _______________________    _______________________    _______________________    _______________________

           0.003784                   0.0026729                  0.011565                   0.0041317       
            0.98932                     0.98978                    1.0076                     0.99009       

Plot the normalized intensity for the ROI.

npix = length(edgeProfile.normalizedEdgeProfile_R);
plot(1:npix,edgeProfile.normalizedEdgeProfile_R,"r", ...
    1:npix,edgeProfile.normalizedEdgeProfile_G,"g", ...
    1:npix,edgeProfile.normalizedEdgeProfile_B,"b")
xlabel("Pixel")
ylabel("Normalized Intensity")
title("ROI "+ROIIndex+" with Aberration "+chTable.aberration(ROIIndex))

The blue channel has a higher intensity than the red and green channels immediately before the edge, and a lower intensity than the red and green channels immediately after the edge. This difference in intensity contributes to the measured value of chromatic aberration.

The measured values of aberration and percentAberration for this edge are relatively small. Visual inspection of the image confirms that the sides of the edge do not have a strong color tint.

Measure Chromatic Aberration of Slanted Edges in Custom Test Chart

Read and display an image of a custom test chart with slanted edge ROIs.

I = imread("slantedSquare.jpg");
imshow(I)

Draw ROIs for the edges, starting at the top and moving clockwise.

numROIs = 4;
roiPos = zeros(numROIs,4);
for cnt = 1:numROIs
    hrect = drawrectangle;
    roiPos(cnt,:) = hrect.Position;
end  

Calculate the chromatic aberration for the selected ROIs.

aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(I,roiPos)

aberrationValues = 4×6 table
    1    0.1628    0.0805    316×4 table    316×4 table    218     83    247     78
    2    0.3099    0.1522    376×4 table    376×4 table    512    171     93    240
    3    0.1630    0.0824    316×4 table    316×4 table    262    479    262     78
    4    0.1935    0.0988    388×4 table    388×4 table    114    207     96    256

Plot the normalized intensity of the red, green, and blue color channels for one of the ROIs.

ROIIndex = 3;
edgeProfile = aberrationValues.normalizedEdgeProfile{ROIIndex};
p = plot(edgeProfile, ...
    ["normalizedEdgeProfile_R" "normalizedEdgeProfile_G" "normalizedEdgeProfile_B"]);
p(1).Color = "r";
p(2).Color = "g";
p(3).Color = "b";
xlabel("Pixel")
ylabel("Normalized Intensity")
title("ROI "+ROIIndex+" with Aberration "+aberrationValues.aberration(ROIIndex))

Input Arguments

chart — eSFR chart

esfrChart object | SimulatedESFRChart object

eSFR chart, specified as an esfrChart or SimulatedESFRChart (since R2026b) object.

im — Test chart image

RGB image

Since R2024a

Test chart image, specified as an RGB image.

roiPositions — ROI positions

n-by-4 numeric array

Since R2024a

ROI positions, specified as an n-by-4 numeric array, where n is the number of ROIs. Each ROI has the form [X Y Width Height], where X and Y are the coordinates of the top-left corner of the ROI. Width and Height are the width and height of the ROI, in pixels.

For horizontal edges, specify ROIs with a horizontal aspect ratio (a greater width than height). Likewise, for vertical edges, specify ROIs with a vertical aspect ratio (a greater height than width).

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Example: aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart,ROIIndex=2) measures the chromatic aberration only of ROI 2.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: aberrationValues = measureChromaticAberration(chart,"ROIIndex",2) measures the chromatic aberration only of ROI 2.

ROIIndex — ROI indices

numeric scalar | numeric vector

ROI indices to include in measurements, specified as a numeric scalar or numeric vector with values between 1 and the number of ROIs. By default, measureChromaticAberration function includes all ROI indices in the measurements.

Note

measureChromaticAberration uses the intersection of ROIs specified by ROIIndex and ROIOrientation.

You can specify this argument only when you use a chart object chart.

Example: 29:32

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32

ROIOrientation — ROI orientation

"both" (default) | "vertical" | "horizontal"

ROI orientation, specified as "both", "vertical", or "horizontal". The measureChromaticAberration function performs measurements only on ROIs with the specified orientation.

Note

measureChromaticAberration uses the intersection of ROIs specified by ROIIndex and ROIOrientation.

You can specify this argument only when you use a chart object chart.

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

aberrationValues — Chromatic aberration measurements

table

Chromatic aberration measurements, returned as a table. The table has one row for each measured ROI. The table always has these variables (columns):

Variable	Description
ROI	Index of the sampled ROI. The value of ROI is an integer in the range [1, 60].
aberration	Chromatic aberration, measured as the area between the maximum and the minimum red, green, and blue edge intensity profiles. The measured chromatic aberration indicates perceptual chromatic aberration. aberration is a scalar of type double.
percentAberration	Aberration, expressed as a percentage of the distance in pixels between the center of the image and the center of the ROI.
edgeProfile	Intensity profile of each color channel across the edge in the ROI. edgeProfile is an s-by-4 table, where s is the number of samples across the edge. The four columns represent the red, green, blue, and luminance values, averaged along the edge. Luminance (Y) is a linear combination of the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) channels according to: Y = 0.213R + 0.715G + 0.072B Note The sampling rate for the chromatic aberration measurement is about four times the sampling rate of the image.
normalizedEdgeProfile	Intensity profile, normalized between [0, 1] using 5% of the front end and tail end of data. normalizedEdgeProfile is an s-by-4 table with a similar structure to edgeProfile.

When you specify a test chart image im, the table has an additional variable:

Variable	Description
ROIPositions	Position of the ROI, returned as a 4-element vector of the form [X Y Width Height]. X and Y are the coordinates of the top-left corner of the ROI. Width and Height are the width and height of the ROI, in pixels.

More About

Access Chromatic Aberration Measurements

The order of the variables in the chromatic aberration table depends on whether you input a test chart image, im, or a chart object, chart. If you need to access variables of the chromatic aberration table, refer to variable names and not numeric indices.

For example, to access the aberration variable of the chromatic aberration table, use code such as this.

aberration = aberrationValues.aberration;

For another example, to access the measured chromatic aberration values of the ROI with index 3, use code such as this. The first command returns the normalizedEdgeProfile variable in a table for the ROI with index 3. The second command converts the table into a numeric row vector.

edgeProfiles = aberrationValues.normalizedEdgeProfile{ROIIndex};
edgeProfilesRGB = measuredRGB3{1,:};

For more information, see Access Data in Tables and Access Data in Cell Arrays.

Tips

• Chromatic aberration is best measured at slanted edges that are:

  • Roughly orthogonal to the line connecting the center of the image and the center of the ROI

  • Farthest from the center of the image

  Because chromatic aberration increases radially from the center of the image, you can ignore measurements at slanted edges near the center of the image.

• The absolute chromatic aberration reported in the aberration variable is measured in the horizontal or vertical direction. However, chromatic aberration is a radial phenomenon, and radial measurements are more accurate.

References

[1] Imatest. "Esfr". https://www.imatest.com/mathworks/esfr/.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b

R2026b: Support for simulated eSFR test charts

You can now measure the chromatic aberration of slanted edges for simulated eSFR test charts rendered through an optical system. Use the renderChart object function to render the test chart and create a SimulatedESFRChart object. To measure the chromatic aberration, specify the rendered test chart, chart.

This functionality requires Optical Design and Simulation Library for Image Processing Toolbox™. You can install the Optical Design and Simulation Library for Image Processing Toolbox from Add-On Explorer. For more information about installing add-ons, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.

R2024a: Support for additional test charts

You can now measure the chromatic aberration of slanted edges for test charts other than the Imatest Enhanced or Extended eSFR test chart. To measure the sharpness of additional types of test charts, specify the test chart image, im, and the position of the slanted edge ROIs, roiPositions.