Shape from heating: A two-dimensional approach for shape extraction in infrared images

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 370-375

  Pelletier, Jean François ^a,b,c   Maldague, Xavier ^a,b  

^a SPIE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Matrox   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defect detection; Image segmentation; Infrared transient (pulse) thermography; Inspection; Nondestructive evaluation; Photoacoustic and photothermal science and engineering; Shape correction; Shape from shading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000700261     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601210     Document Type: Article

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