System Performance
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Terms
Term Reference
11 terms| Term | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Acquisition Overhead | Time lost to mechanical movements | |
| Camera-Objective Matching | Optimizing the camera-lens combination | |
| Channel Count | How many colors are you imaging? | |
| Equivalent Sensitivity | How different systems achieve similar performance | |
| Exposure Time | How long the camera collects light | |
| Photons per Pixel | The fundamental signal budget | |
| Sample Area per Pixel | What each pixel captures | |
| Sensitivity Trade-offs | The photon budget equation | |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | Can you see your signal above the noise? | |
| Throughput | How fast you image sample area | |
| Total Acquisition Time | How long until you're done? |