Testing of Thermal Imagers for Nondestructive Thermal Testing Applications

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 395-402

  Chrzanowski, K ^a   Fischer, J ^b   Gutschwager, B ^b   Wrona, W ^c  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c National Defense University   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infrared analysis; Nondestructive testing; Temperature measurement; Thermal imager

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005328707     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12127j     Document Type: Article

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