title: Computer processing of spectrograms for absolute intensities.
abstract: A computer program was developed to process photographically recorded spectra for absolute intensity. Test and calibration films are subjected to densitometric scans that provide digitally recorded densities on magnetic tapes. The nonlinear calibration data are fitted by least-squares cubic polynomials to yield a good approximation to the monochromatic H&D curves for commonly used emulsions (2475 recording film, Royal-X, Tri-X, 4-X). Several test cases were made. Results of these cases show that the machine processed absolute intensities are accurate to within 15%o. Arbitrarily raising the sensitivity threshold by 0.1 density units above gross fog yields cubic polynomial fits to the H&D curves that are radiometrically accurate within 10%. In addition, curves of gamma vs wavelength for 2475, Tri-X, and 4-X emulsions were made. These data show slight evidence of the photographic Purkinje effect in the 2475 emulsion.
authors.affiliation: General Electric Company, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Galbraith