Here is a summary of SECCHI flat fields applied in secchi_prep.pro. (There is currently no correction applied to EUVI.)
The COR 1 flat-field/vignetting correction
is derived from observations using an opal window built into the
aperture door. An improved flat field correction was installed on July
27, 2009. This improved correction adjusts for scattered light present
in the opal window measurements, and provides better accuracy for the
highly vignetted portions of the image near the occulter edge.
(W.Thompson, 2010/07/16)
The nominal HI-1 and HI-2 flat fields were
derived before launch from measuring the response to a calibration
light source as a function of its angular position in the FOV.
Unfortunately, the test configuration only permitted the calibration
source to be scanned along a single axis through the centreline of the
FOV. Then the fitted response was rotated about the assumed optical axis
and extrapolated into the corners of the image. This is currently what
is in use for HI-2.
For HI-1 a recalculation of the flatfield
has been done by analysing the variation in intensity of stars in the
background starfield as they pass across the CCD. In order to use the
background starfield, a photometric calibration is performed which
defines a HI magnitude scale and a conversion between this scale and
measured intensity. The photometric calibration uses stellar spectra
folded through the instrument response to make initial intensity
predictions. However, a secondary prediction method based on the
photometric calibration, which blends the R-, V- and B-magnitudes of a
star, is derived for stars with no spectral information. To perform this
calibration, an initial analysis of the shape of the point spread
function was required. This indicated that the PSF for the HI-1s is well
approximated by a Gaussian function and does not vary substantially
from the centre of the field-of-view to the corners and is essentially
constant over time. (Bewsher et al 2010)