Abstract

Several methods are known for the mathematical conversion from line spread functions to point spread functions in the rotation-symmetric case. The present paper solves this problem without any assumptions about the symmetry of the functions.

© 1965 Optical Society of America

Derivation of the Point Spread Function from the Line Spread Function

E. W. Marchand
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(7) 915-919 (1964)

Line Spread and Edge Spread Functions in the Presence of Off-Axis Aberrations*

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(9) 1132-1135 (1965)

Determination of the Optical Transfer Function Directly from the Edge Spread Function*

Richard Barakat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(10) 1217-1221 (1965)

Line Spread Function and Cumulative Line Spread Function for Systems with Rotational Symmetry

Richard Barakat and Agnes Houston
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(6) 768-773 (1964)

On the Point and Line Spread Functions of Photographic Images

R. Clark Jones
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(12) 934-937 (1958)