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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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In addition to the spot measurement capability discussed previously. line<br />

profiles may be selected. The analog trace. in X, Y. or both. of the lines on the<br />

image intersecting at the selected spot will then appear at the edge of the<br />

display. Some systems allow the operator to display as many as seven sets<br />

of profiles simultaneously. Profiles of skew lines can also be displayed on<br />

some systems. Selected areas on the thermogram in the form of circles,<br />

rectangles or point-to-point free forms, can be shifted, expanded. shrunk or<br />

rotated or used to blank out or analyze portions of the image.<br />

Detailed analysis of the entire image or the pixels within the area can include<br />

maximum, minimum and verage values. number of pixels or even a<br />

frequency histogram of the values within the area. Color scales can be<br />

created from 256 colors stored in the computer. Electronic zoom features<br />

allow the operator to expand a small area on the display for closer<br />

examination. or to expand the colors for a small measurement range.<br />

Autoscale features provide the optimum display settings for any image if<br />

selected. Three-dimensional features provide an isometric thermal contour<br />

map or thermal profile map of the target for enhanced recognition of thermal<br />

anomalies.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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