Matching the Instrument to the Application

doi:10.1117/3.725072.ch3

Book: Practical Applications of Infrared Thermal Sensing and Imaging Equipment, Third Edition

Author(s): Herbert Kaplan

Published: 2007

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.725072.ch3

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Abstract

To select an instrument suitable to a particular application, the user needs to understand how to determine and specify its required performance. This chapter discusses the performance parameters of radiation thermometers and IR cameras (point-sensing instruments and scanning and imaging instruments respectively) and their significance in solving applications. Since IR cameras are essentially extensions of radiation thermometers, I will demonstrate that many of the parameters are common to both.