What is Infrared Thermography?

in Equipment,IR Temperature,Infrared Thermography

what_thermo_img06Tokyo, Japan — NEC Avio Infrared Technologies Co., Ltd., a relatively new organization that has melded two highly-respected Japanese infrared camera leaders, NEC and Avio, has an easy-to-read informative introductory web page explaining Infrared Thermal Imaging.

It starts, logically, with a definition of the subject, to quote:

Definition of Infrared Thermography
Infrared thermography is equipment or method, which detects infrared energy emitted from object, converts it to temperature, and displays image of temperature distribution. To be accurate, the equipment and the method should be called differently, the equipment to be called as infrared thermograph and the method to be called as infrared thermography.

The additional sub-sections on the page are titled:
Characteristics of Infrared Thermography equipment
Merits of Infrared Thermography equipment
Infrared Thermography equipment, Things often misunderstood
Discovery of infrared
Characteristics of infrared
How the heat transfers
Emission, reflection and transmission of infrared
Principle of measurement by Infrared Thermography equipment
Image Format of Infrared Thermography

To read the entire we story, CLICK HERE to visit the page: www.nec-avio.co.jp/en/products/ir-thermo/what-thermo.html

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