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CFA (Colour Filter Array)

Definition

The mosaic of colour filters placed over a sensor so that each photosite captures one colour channel. The Bayer pattern (RGGB arrangement) is the most common.

Related terms

Camera Noise Model
A mathematical description of a sensor's noise as a function of signal level, combining signal-dependent shot noise and signal-independent readout noise. The...
CFA Phase
The spatial offset of the CFA mosaic pattern in an image. Pasting a region from a different image or after a non-CFA-aligned...
Demosaicing
The algorithm used to interpolate full-colour pixel values from the single-channel raw sensor data. Common methods include bilinear interpolation, gradient-based algorithms (AHD,...
Noise Residual
The signal remaining after a denoising filter removes the scene component from an image. For PRNU estimation, the residual approximates the sum...
Steganography
Concealing one file inside another in a way that hides the existence of the hidden file. LSB image manipulation, JPEG DCT coefficient...

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  • Noise and CFA Inconsistency DetectionThe mosaic of colour filters placed over a sensor so that each photosite captures one colour channel. The Bayer pattern (RGGB arrangement) is the most common.

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