Hello all,

According MTF definition, MTF describes the contrast in the image of a spatial frequency. Therefore, this is no magnification information in MTF graph directly, correct? In another word, if the value of MTF at 100c/mm is large than 20%, it doesn’t mean you can see object with 10 um resolution if the magnification is too small, right?

For example, the first MTF can’t see the USAF 1951 target 5.5 (50.8 l/mm) even MTF have real good performance. The second system with second MTF can see the USAF 1951 target 5.5 even MTF has bad performance compare to the first MTF. That’s why I think MTF doesn’t really show magnification information directly. Please correct me if I am wrong. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,

Xiaolei