American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved March 1, 2009. Published March 2009. Originally approved in 1987. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as E 1213 – 97 (2002). 1 p. This test method covers the determination of the minimum resolvable temperature difference (MRTD) capability of the compound observer-thermal imaging system as a function of spatial frequency.