State of the art in sensor technologies for sewer inspection

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-81

  Duran, Olga ^a   Althoefer, Kaspar ^a   Seneviratne, Lakmal D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCTV; Ground penetrating radar; Infrared thermography; Laser profilometry; Pipe inspection; Sewer inspection; Sonar

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SEWERS; SONAR;

INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; LASER PROFILOMETRY; PIPE INSPECTION; SEWER INSPECTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0003245013     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2002.1000245     Document Type: Article

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