Determining the emissivity of pig skin for accurate infrared thermography

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-58

  Soerensen, Dennis D ^a   Clausen, Sønnik ^b   Mercer, James B ^c   Pedersen, Lene J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Infrared; Pig; Skin; Temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLOOD; INFRARED RADIATION; MAMMALS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

BLOOD PERFUSION; EMISSIVITY; EMISSIVITY VALUES; HEALTH SCREENINGS; INFRARED SKIN MEASUREMENTS; PIG; SKIN SURFACES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

EMISSIVITY; HEALTH MONITORING; PIG; SKIN; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84930629538     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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