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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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3.7 Performance Characteristics of Scanners and<br />

Imagers<br />

Because an infrared thermogram consists of a matrix of discrete point<br />

measurements, many of fhe performance parameters of infrared thermal<br />

imager are the same as those of radiation thermometers. The output of an<br />

infrared line scanner can be considered as one line of discrete point<br />

measurements. The parameters of temperature range, absolute accuracy.<br />

repeatability, sensor environment and spectral range are esscntially the same<br />

for radiation thermometers, line scanners and imagers. Others are derived<br />

from or are extensions of radiation thermometer performance parameters.<br />

Qualitative thermal imagers (also called thermal viewers) differ from<br />

quantitative thermal imagers (also called imaging radiometers) in that thermal<br />

viewers do not provide temperature or thermal energy measurements. For<br />

thermographers requiring qualitative rather than quantitative thermal images,<br />

therefore, some performance parameters are unimportant.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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