An automated system for determining artifacts in images indicating defects in an imaging device being tested employs a constant radiation source which supplies radiation of spatially uniform intensity to the imaging device to be tested. The imaging device then creates a flood image A.sup.(0). A region...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5361307?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5361307 - Correlation methods of identifying defects in imaging devices