A short review on infrared thermography: history, philosophy, approaches, standards, and application examples

Angelos Plastropoulos; Ndidiamaka Adiuku; Nicolas P. Avdelidis; Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo; Xavier P. V. Maldague; Pierre Servais

doi:10.1117/12.2664586

12 June 2023 A short review on infrared thermography: history, philosophy, approaches, standards, and application examples

Angelos Plastropoulos, Ndidiamaka Adiuku, Nicolas P. Avdelidis, Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Xavier P. V. Maldague, Pierre Servais

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Proceedings Volume 12536, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLV; 1253604 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664586
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

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Infrared thermography is a condition monitoring technique that, from a measurement of the radiant heat pattern emitted by a material, is able to determine regions or points of increased or reduced heat emission that can indicate the presence of an imperfection in the investigated material. The result of an infrared thermographic investigation is a sequence of thermograms or thermal images, in other words a picture of temperature, that can be further processed for qualitative and quantitative purposes. Such images can be presented in either false color or black and white format. In the present work, the philosophy and history of thermal–infrared imaging are reviewed. Moreover, the different evaluation approaches (passive and active), as well as many standards related to infrared thermography are discussed. Finally, various applications of the transient thermography approach are briefly presented

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Angelos Plastropoulos, Ndidiamaka Adiuku, Nicolas P. Avdelidis, Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Xavier P. V. Maldague, and Pierre Servais "A short review on infrared thermography: history, philosophy, approaches, standards, and application examples", Proc. SPIE 12536, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLV, 1253604 (12 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664586

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