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glossary

Pixel: smallest sensitive element of an imaging sensor
Spatial frequency: characterizes a periodic structure in a direction of the space; gives the number of periods of the structure per unit length
Modulation transfer function (MTF): Performance metric measuring the degradation of contrast in the image compared to contrast in the object, the image being generated by an imaging device including an optical system and/or a camera.