Testing and evaluation of thermal cameras for absolute temperature measurement

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2535-2544

  Chrzanowski, Krzysztof ^a   Fischer, Joachim ^b   Matyszkiel, Robert ^c  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c Military Institute of Communication   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED; THERMAL CAMERAS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0034266815     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1287832     Document Type: Article

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