Measurement of effective temperature range of fire service thermal imaging cameras

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6941, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Amon, Francine ^a   Bryner, Nelson ^a  

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

Author keywords

Contrast; First responder; Infrared camera; Mode shift; Performance evaluation; Temperature range; Thermal imager

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; FIRE PROTECTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; STANDARDS;

FIRST RESPONDER; MODE SHIFT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

CAMERAS;

EID: 44349193427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.778360     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Amon, F., Hamins, A., Bryner, N., and Rowe, J., "Meaningful Performance Evaluation Conditions for Fire Service Thermal Imaging Cameras," Fire Safety Journal, in press.
2. NFPA 1801, "Proposed NFPA 1801 Standard on Thermal Imagers for the Fire Service, 2009 Edition," National Fire Protection Association, September 2007.
3. ASTM E 1543-00, "Standard Test Method for Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference for Thermal Imaging Systems," ASTM International, West Conshohoken, PA, 2000, 4 pp.
4. Amon, F., Lock, A., and Bryner, N., "Suite of proposed imaging performance metrics and test methods for fire service thermal imaging cameras," Proc. SPIE 6941-48, 2008.
5. ASTM E 1311-89, "Standard Test Method for Minimum Detectable Temperature Difference for Thermal Imaging Systems," ASTM International, West Conshohoken, PA, 2004.
6. ASTM E 1213-97, "Standard Test Method for Minimum Resolvable Temperature Difference for Thermal Imaging Systems," ASTM International, West Conshohoken, PA, 2002.
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