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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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45.Frame repetition rate - The time it takes an infrared imager to scan (update) every<br />

thermogram picture element (pixel); in frames per second.<br />

46.Full scale - The span between the minimum value and the maximum value Ihat any<br />

instrument is capable of measuring. In a thermometer, this would be the span<br />

between the highest and lowest temperature that can be measured.<br />

47.Graybody - An radiating object whose emissivity is a constant value less than unity<br />

( 1.0), over a specific spectral range.<br />

48.Hertz (Hz) – A unit of measurement of signal frequency; 1 Hz = 1 cycle per second.<br />

Image, infrared - See Thermogram.<br />

49.Imager, infrared - An infrared instrument that collects the infrared radiant energy<br />

from a target surface and produces an image in monochrome (black and white) or<br />

color, where the gray shades or color hues correspond respectively to target<br />

exitance.<br />

50.Image display tone - Gray shade or color hue on a thermogram.<br />

51.Image processing, thermal - Analysis of thermal images, usually by computer;<br />

enhancing the image to prepare it for computer or visual analysis. In the case of an<br />

infrared image or thermogram, this could include temperature scaling, spot<br />

temperature measurements, thermal profiles, image manipulation, subtraction and<br />

storage.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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