Neighbor Pattern Averaging & Reindexing (NPAR™) is an innovative approach to measuring crystallographic orientation from Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) patterns. Band detection performance depends on the signal to noise ratio (SNR) within the EBSD pattern. Noise and decreased SNR can be introduced into patterns through the use of camera gain to amplify the signal in order to obtain faster camera frame rates. Band detection becomes unreliable and indexing performance suffers when the noise exceeds allowable limits. Noise levels can be lowered by reducing the gain on the detector and also by averaging multiple frames together, however both of these approaches increase the acquisition time necessary for both EBSD pattern collection and orientation mapping.