Research Article

The Effect of Bit Depth on High-Temperature Digital Image Correlation Measurements

Figure 15

vs. exposure time for 8d-bit, 10d-bit, and 12-bit low-noise images (room temperature, ). For low-noise images, 12-bit DIC data exhibit similar standard error values to 8-bit images but at lower exposure times. An enlarged section of the range from 3360 to 4410 μs is also shown with a green arrow representing the transition from 8-bit 4410 μs exposure time images (the baseline image set) to 12-bit 3360 μs exposure time images, which transition reduces both contrast and DIC random error.