Measurement of the nonuniformity of first responder thermal imaging cameras

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6941, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lock, Andrew ^a   Amon, Francine ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nonuniformity; Performance; Standard; Thermal imaging camera

Indexed keywords

NONUNIFORMITY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY RESPONSE; THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA;

FIRE PROTECTION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PIXELS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 44349177485     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.779276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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