Infrared thermography for temperature measurement and non-destructive testing

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 12305-12348

  Usamentiaga, Rubén ^a   Venegas, Pablo ^b   Guerediaga, Jon ^b   Vega, Laura ^b   Molleda, Julio ^a   Bulnes, Francisco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CTA Aeronautical Technologies Center Bizkaia Technological Park   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active thermography; Infrared thermography; Non destructive testing; Passive thermography; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ACTIVE THERMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INDICATORS; IN-BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84904178184     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140712305     Document Type: Review

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