Curvature effect quantification for in-vivo IR thermography

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-133

  Cheng, Tze Yuan ^a   Deng, Daxiang ^b,c   Herman, Cila ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature artifacts; Medical infrared thermography

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DIAGNOSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLATE METAL;

CURVATURE ARTIFACT; CURVATURE EFFECT; CURVED SURFACES; DIELECTRIC MODELING; DIRECTIONAL EMISSIVITY; FLATTER SURFACES; MEDICAL INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; TRAVEL DISTANCE; VIEWING ANGLE;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 84887309312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-88105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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