Infrared Thermography: Errors and Uncertainties

Infrared Thermography: Errors and Uncertainties

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-192

  Minkina, Waldemar ^a   Dudzik, Sebastian ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 84889494504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470682234     Document Type: Book

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