Systems and methods for testing a laser eye surgery system are provided. Methodsinclude establishing an image scale based on a calibration pattern, imageablyaltering a series of regions of a test surface with the laser system, laterallyredirecting a laser beam to form a test pattern, imaging the test pattern, determininga lateral redirecting characteristic of the beam delivery system, and qualifyingor calibrating the beam delivery system. Systems can include an input modulethat accepts an input member such as a calibration pattern parameter, a calibrationpattern image, an intended pattern parameter, a test pattern image, an imagingdevice position, a calibration pattern position, a test pattern position, anda beam delivery system position, a characterization module that determinesa beam delivery system characteristic, and an output module that generates acalibration for the beam delivery system of the laser eye surgery system.
