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Volume: 38 | Article ID: IQSP-254
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From Centroid to Low-pass Edge Fitting in ISO 12233 e-SFR: Accuracy and Impact on Digital Imaging Information Metrics
  DOI :  10.2352/EI.2026.38.8.IQSP-254  Published OnlineMarch 2026
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Edge localization plays a critical role in ISO 12233 e-SFR analysis, influencing both sharpness results and downstream information capacity metrics. This paper evaluates the accuracy of the standard centroid, low-pass filter, and matched filter-based localization methods across an ensemble of simulated slanted edge ROIs. Localization errors are quantified by benchmarking each method against ground truth, and their propagation to e-SFR results and information capacity is measured. Findings show that centroid fitting introduces angular bias under noise, leading to a degraded effective response, while low-pass filtering and matched filtering both maintain robust accuracy. These results highlight an under-characterized source of error in standards-based image quality analysis and provide a foundation for improved methods. The results support a closer alignment between edge analysis, information-theoretic models, and emerging metrics such as those proposed in ISO/WD 23654 (Digital Imaging — Information Metrics).

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Sarah Kerr, "From Centroid to Low-pass Edge Fitting in ISO 12233 e-SFR: Accuracy and Impact on Digital Imaging Information Metricsin Electronic Imaging,  2026,  pp 254-1 - 254-7,  https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2026.38.8.IQSP-254

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