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Aperture Options (.pdf)
The field of view (FOV) may be modified inside the detector package using apertures. This is also useful in eliminating crosstalk in multi-channel detectors. On TO-5 packages, the FOV may be modified...(read more)
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Blackbody Spectral Radiance (.pdf)
Calculation of the blackbody radiance for three spectral regions of commonly used filters is given....(read more)
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Standard Windows and Filters (.pdf)
Standard optical filters, wide-band and uncoated, are compared in an informative table....(read more)
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Typical Spectral Characteristics (.pdf)
Typical spectral characteristics of select optical windows (wide-band pass) are graphed in transmission curves for select filters....(read more)
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Electronic Dimensional Gauging in Hostile Environments
The use of electronic gauging probes for dimensional gauging of manufactured parts is a well-established quality assurance technique. Typical gauging probes are cylinders with diameters of 8 mm or 9.5...(read more)
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The Automation Renovation: Planning Your First Vision System (.pdf)
Experts in the machine vision field say that vision is often an afterthought in manufacturing systems and adding vision is often thought of as an "upgrade". This white paper will help you understand...(read more)
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Tennis Racket Stringing Patterns (.pdf)
Tennis is a game of speed, agility and precision. The sport requires a significant amount of concentration and hand-eye coordination, especially when your opponent serves a felt tennis ball in your...(read more)
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DOE Uses Phantom v7.1 High-Speed Digital Video Camera as a Tool to Fight Global Warming (.pdf)
Here's a shocking fact: according to the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the average U.S. household uses several tons of coal each year without ever seeing it! As the most abundant fossil...(read more)
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Space-Borne Filters
PICARD is an investigation dedicated to the simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, the diameter and solar shape, and to the Sun's interior probing by the...(read more)
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Video Surveillance System for Stadiums (.pdf)
The security system contains video surveillance system, access control system, alarm system, intelligent fire alarm system, luggage inspection system, and drug/explosive detection system. All the...(read more)
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Alarm Installation Tips for the Do It Yourselfer
Selecting the right product to fit the application is by far the best intrusion alarm installation tip any burglar alarm dealer can provide. Alarm system products can be purchased at your local home...(read more)
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Why Pay For Medical Aler Monitoring Service?
Good question, one I hear often, particularly now during troubled economic times, when family budgets are tighter then ever! 24/7 service, is just that, 24 hours a-day-seven-days-a-week, weekends,...(read more)
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GigE Under Control (.pdf)
Modern GigE camera systems offer sophisticated vision solutions that are versatile, simple to setup, and easy to operate when properly designed and supported for the application. Baumer's expertise in...(read more)
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MEC-5004 Application in Highway Overload Detection System (.pdf)
Economic growth demands an adequate transport infrastructure. By the end of 2008, the planned highway network in China had covered 85,000 kilometers, ensuring a healthy development of freight...(read more)
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A Solution to the Fault Recording of Electric Systems (.pdf)
The fault recording device records relevant data when failure or oscillation occurs to the electronic system. The fault recorder enables operators to handle accidents accurately and rapidly, and is a...(read more)
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EVOC Information System for Handling of Public Emergency (.pdf)
The on-site information acquisition and transmitting system for public emergency is designed to collect the remote audio, video and all kinds of information useful for decision-making. The system...(read more)
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MEC-5003 Used in Multimedia Player and Information Monitoring System on Trains (.pdf)
With the improvement of information technology, people living in modern cities wish to have easy access to information wherever they are. For example, a train in a certain Southeast Asian country...(read more)
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Vision Rules! Intelligent Vision System Ensures Every Product Gets Camera Time
Rules are made to be broken, the old saying goes. Maybe it's human nature. Once a rule is imposed by authority, the temptation is there to break it, whether it's a speed limit or a curfew. Or a...(read more)
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EVID3000 Used in Traffic Incident Video Detection System (.pdf)
EVID3000 traffic incident video detector adopts full-screen multi-object detection and recognition technology to process and analyze video images received from road monitoring cameras. In this way,...(read more)
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Enhanced Imager Chip Packaging for Automotive Applications (.pdf)
The development of an automotive qualified packaging technology for CMOS and CCD imager chips is described. A flip-chip-on-flex solution was developed. This package solution was demonstrated using a...(read more)
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Scientific CMOS Technology High Performance Imaging (.pdf)
Since its inception, CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology has held great potential to become the detector platform of choice for many scientific imaging applications. These demanding fields require a...(read more)
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Quantum Dots - A Superior Anti-Counterfeiting Device
Formulated inks and paints for security and anti-counterfeiting applications that can be applied to any surface, including paper, plastic or metal....(read more)
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Animating with Microstation
Animating with Microstation For architects and engineers who deal with 3D rendering and animations, this text covers every aspect of animating in detail, including cameras, paths, actors, motion...(read more)
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Bud Light Lime Serves Up "Summer State of Mind" TV Spots -- 3 Commericals Shot with Vision Research's Phantom HD Camera
Production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15...(read more)
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Ray-Ban Shoots Commericals using VRs Phantom HD
GL-X, a division of Grand Large Inc., announces Director Francesco Carrozzini's innovative web based film "Paint Balloons" for Ray-Ban's Colorize "Never Hide" campaign, introducing their new line of...(read more)
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Choosing a High Performance Digital Video Solution (.pdf)
How do you go about selecting the best high performance digital video recorder (HPDVR™) for your organization? In this guide we explore in detail key factors to think about while selecting a...(read more)
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Vision Research® High-Speed Digital Cameras Enable Revolutionary Research into Solving Global Warming (.pdf)
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is using a Phantom® v7.1 camera in PIV applications to improve coal gasification processes, enabling the use of fossil fuels for clean energy...(read more)
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Department of Energy Scientists use Vision Research's Phantom v12.1 High-Speed Digital Video Camera as a Tool to Fight Global Warming
It probably comes as a surprise to most people that coal is still a major energy force in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the average U.S. household uses several...(read more)
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Optical Quality Control (.pdf)
Thanks to their built-in intelligence, Smart Cameras can replace fullyfledged PC systems in a wide range of industrial applications. Equipped with high-performance processors, they are suitable for...(read more)
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Vision Research's Technology used in NASA High-Speed Parachute Deployment (.pdf)
Vision Research's® imaging technology plays a crucial role in NASA's new high-speed parachute deployment system. Find out how......(read more)
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Medical Imaging Systems Technology: Modalities, Volume 2
Medical Imaging Systems Technology: Modalities, Volume 2 Tackling the latest cutting-edge techniques and technologies in an in-depth but eminently clear and readable approach, this volume...(read more)
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Intelligent Watermarking Techniques
Intelligent Watermarking Techniques Aimed at engineering and computer science students, researchers, and scientists, this book presents recent advances in the theory and implementation of...(read more)
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Ionizing Radiation Detectors For Medical Imaging
Ionizing Radiation Detectors For Medical Imaging With an emphasis on detector fundamentals and detector properties, this detailed text covers both radiology and nuclear medicine. Where necessary,...(read more)
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Photoshop CS A to Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guide
Photoshop CS A to Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guide Designed to present the program in a visual way and in a logical order, this helpful, concise guide presents handy tips and useful quick...(read more)
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Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays
Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays A definitive guide to the theory and applications of AMLCDs, this book contains numerous design and applications examples to help illustrate key points and...(read more)
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging Using real-life examples and full color, inspirational illustrations to show you what can be achieved, this jargon-free,...(read more)
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Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshop, Second Edition
Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshop, Second Edition Become an FCP software editing pro with this hands-on reference....(read more)
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The Committed Enterprise: How to Make Vision and Values Work
The Committed Enterprise: How to Make Vision and Values Work This guide describes how to build unstoppable organizations, whether businesses or charities, hospitals or orchestras, by managing...(read more)
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The MPEG Handbook: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Second Edition
The MPEG Handbook: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Second Edition Offering both a theoretical and practical treatment of MPEG technology, this handbook provides practical guidance on how to avoid quality...(read more)
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Behr Innovates Thermal-Management Solutions with LMS Technologies
A world on the move demands vehicle transportation with comfort in the cockpit and reliability under the hood. "Made by Behr" represents innovative thermal management solutions, which are increasingly...(read more)
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Revolutionizing Breast Imaging (.pdf)
While the most common method for early detection of breast cancer is mammography, critics of the procedure believe it is not necessarily the most effective tool for detecting tumors and may not always...(read more)
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Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers
Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers Using easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions as well as full color, inspirational images to demonstrate techniques, this essential guide...(read more)
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Data Compression: The Complete Reference, Fourth Edition
Data Compression: The Complete Reference, Fourth Edition Providing a user-friendly reference for the different types and methods of compression--particularly audio compression, this book offers a...(read more)
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Digital Image Processing, 6th Revised and Extended Edition
Digital Image Processing, 6th Revised and Extended Edition Clearly organized into basic and advanced material in order to cope with the ever-increasing field of digital image processing, this text...(read more)
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Handbook of Image and Video Processing
Handbook of Image and Video Processing With numerous algorithm illustrations as well as tutorial chapters, this guide contains a comprehensive presentation of all essential mathematics,...(read more)
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Image and Video Encryption: From Digital Rights Management to Secured Personal Communication
Image and Video Encryption: From Digital Rights Management to Secured Personal Communication Providing a unified overview of techniques for encryption of images and video data, this book...(read more)
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MPEG Video Compression Standard
MPEG Video Compression Standard Providing a one-stop manual for answers and guidance on MPEG, this text incorporates low-level as well as sophisticated reviews of the major technical elements, and...(read more)
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Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs
Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs From the ground up, this guide explains video coding algorithms to video compression systems, and more....(read more)
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Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, Fourth Edition
Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, Fourth Edition Packed with hard-to-find reference information, this book covers all the international video standards, MPEG 1 and MPEG 2,...(read more)
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Wavelet Image and Video Compression
Wavelet Image and Video Compression Presenting a spectrum of wavelet still image coding techniques, this book provides a variety of example coding schemes and serves as an excellent reference that...(read more)
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Understanding 1080p Resolution
"1080p provides the sharpest, most lifelike picture possible." "1080p combines high resolution with a high frame rate, so you see more detail from second to second." This marketing copy is largely...(read more)
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Advances in High Speed Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) Systems (.pdf)
Recent advances in machine vision technologies and motion control present tremendous opportunities for Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) systems. Thanks to recent developments in these fundamental...(read more)
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MPEG Handbook: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
MPEG Handbook: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 The clarity of explanation and depth of technical detail combine to make this book an essential and definitive reference work....(read more)
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Intelligent Distributed Video Surveillance Systems
Intelligent Distributed Video Surveillance Systems Bringing together a collection of the latest work in the field, this book details recent developments in machine vision algorithms capable of...(read more)
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Embedded Media Processing
Embedded Media Processing Covering the entire spectrum of EMP-related design issues, this practical book will be an invaluable aid to every engineer working with EMP, from the beginner to the...(read more)
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Focal Easy Guide to After Effects: For New Users and Professionals
Focal Easy Guide to After Effects: For New Users and Professionals Guiding you through some of the common stumbling blocks that frustrate novice and many intermediate designers, this quick...(read more)
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Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology
Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology Supported by over 300 images including schematic diagrams of commercially available consumer equipment, this book provides a full coverage of video...(read more)
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Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications
Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications Providing comparison charts to help you understand the benefits and drawbacks of different technologies for a variety of practical...(read more)
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the Hidden Performance of Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the Hidden Performance of Elements Using step-by-step instructions, cunning tricks, and clever workarounds, this book leads you through the...(read more)
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Apple Aperture 2: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers
Apple Aperture 2: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers Including clear explanations and step-by-step guidance, this book shows you the best way to import, organize and enhance your images...(read more)
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Digital Imaging
Digital Imaging Provides a comprehensive practical guide to the entire digital chain, from capture -- with coverage of digital cameras, to output -- with extensive information on image adjustments...(read more)
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The Right Video Compression for Digital CCTV (.pdf)
If you are responsible for designing a new video surveillance system, you have to make a technology choice regarding image storage and transmission. For sure, it will be digital. But which video...(read more)
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Flare Gas Monitoring Systems (.pdf)
Flare stacks are used in many industries to burn off unwanted waste gas byproducts, or flammable gases released by pressure relief valves during unplanned over-pressuring of plant equipment....(read more)
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A SIMS Primer
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is the most sensitive surface analysis technique providing quantifiable data to the ppb level and surface specificity to the uppermost monolayer. It can be used to...(read more)
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Sensor System Steers Package Inspection
An automated workcell integrates sensors, encoders, vacuum arms, and a smart dual-camera-head vision system to operate a plastic weld system for blister packaging. Algus Packaging Inc. selected...(read more)
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Vision Squad Files: Using MIL Geometric Model Finder Masks (.pdf)
This white paper describes how to use masks in the Geometric Modle Finder (GMF) module in the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL)....(read more)
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Cellular Technology For Roadside VMS (Variable Message Signs)
In an intelligent transportation system (ITS), variable message signs (VMS) with cellular technology can easily and inexpensively provide drivers with real-time information on about traffic...(read more)
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12 Things to Know Before Buying an Infrared Camera (.pdf)
Buying an infrared camera is different for all people. For some, cost will play a more dominant position whereas for others, certain key features or the desire to advance one's career through...(read more)
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IR Automatic Guidebook: Temperature Monitoring & Control with IR Cameras (.pdf)
Manufacturing and process engineers are under constant pressure to make production systems and processes more efficient and less costly. Frequently, their solutions use automation techniques to...(read more)
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The Ultimate Infrared Handbook for R&D Professionals (.pdf)
Although infrared radiation (IR) is not detectable by the human eye, an IR camera can convert it to a visual image that depicts thermal variations across an object or scene. IR covers a portion of the...(read more)
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Electric Substation Monitoring (.pdf)
Electric power utilities are faced with an aging infrastructure, frequent blackouts or brownouts, costly unplanned maintenance, security threats to remote facilities, and rising costs. As part of a...(read more)
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Bulk Material Combustion Warning Systems (.pdf)
Many bulk materials, such as coal and organic wastes, are stored as large piles in open yards where air and moisture promote decomposition and exothermic reactions that raise the pile's temperature....(read more)
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Doing Away With Cable Spaghetti - A One-Cable Solution for Gigabit Ethernet Cameras (.pdf)
Baumer has introduced the proven series of TXG cameras with a Power over Gigabit Ethernet (PoE) interface. This solution combines transmitting data and supplying power into one standard network cable...(read more)
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Mill Ladle Refractory Monitoring (.pdf)
Steel mill ladles have limited lives. As their refractory linings wear or develop breaks due to shock, the outer part of a ladle can be exposed to excessive temperatures. If not caught in time, the...(read more)
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Warehouse Asset Protection (.pdf)
Smoke detectors and sprinkler systems are absolutely necessary to minimize the risk to warehouse contents. Still, they represent a response to fire that has already broken out. FLIR's Warehouse Asset...(read more)
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Case Study: Military Vehicles Get the Robotic Touch
To camouflage an object is to hide it, conceal it so that it blends in with the surrounding environment. For the military, it's a tactical necessity and can make the difference between a platoon's...(read more)
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Case Study: The Analog-Digital X-ray Machine
The discovery of 'X-rays' was first reported at the end of 1895 when Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was conducting experiments with electrostatic charges and cathode ray tubes. In 2008 we have such medical...(read more)
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Automatic Meter Reading for Centralized Power Monitoring
In this case study, the client was building a skyscraper but had insufficient space to install serial communication wiring to connect the building's numerous power meters to the control room. Learn...(read more)
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Application of IR - NDT to Different Aeronautical Plastic Materials (.pdf)
The application of IR Non Destructive Testing to three thermoplastics (HDPE, PVC & PMMA) and one thermoset composite material (GFRP) is the target of the work. IR Non Destructive Testing is fast,...(read more)
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Arc Flash and Electrical Safety for Thermographers (.pdf)
Thermographers work around energized electrical components as part of their normal job duties. How aware are they of the Arc Flash and Electrical safety regulations in place for their protection? This...(read more)
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Breast Thermography and Clinical Applications (.pdf)
Breast Thermography is an imaging procedure where infrared images of the breast are analyzed and rated to determine the risk of developing breast cancer. The infrared imaging process allows one to see...(read more)
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Cladding Lack of Adherence in Facades of Buildings (.pdf)
In this work we applied infrared thermography to the inspection of building facades to determine the lack of adherence, which is disguised in the external cladding of a facade composed of appeased...(read more)
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CNA Saves its Clients More Than $80 Million over 3 Years of IR Surveys from March 2005 through 2008 (.pdf)
Insurance companies have traditionally focused on controlling the impact of property losses by using fire protection systems to minimize the amount of a loss if it happens. But rarely do insurance...(read more)
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Detection of Moisture within Building Enclosures by Interior and Exterior Thermographic Inspections (.pdf)
Infrared imagers have become vital diagnostic tools in building maintenance with mold related health issues becoming more prevalent. Although infrared imagers do not detect the presence of mold, they...(read more)
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Detection of Steam Extraction Failure within a Condenser Using Infrared Thermography (.pdf)
The failure of a steam turbine extraction point can be a serious problem which can involve safety issues and damage to equipment. Steam is tapped from various locations within the turbine to power...(read more)
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Electric Snow Melt System Evaluation Utilizing Infrared Imaging (.pdf)
This paper explains the use of Infrared Imaging as a method to quickly and efficiently determine the operational ability of snow melt systems for roof, valley, gutters and downspouts. It could also be...(read more)
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Energy Calculations using Infrared Thermography (.pdf)
With rising fuel and energy costs, ensuring your building is well insulated is becoming increasing important. Infrared thermography is an ideal measurement tool to check the continuity of insulation...(read more)
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Energy Certification - Establishing Thermography in the
It is critical for energy certification programs to utilize Thermographic technology in order to properly evaluate energy efficiency. To date, there are no set standards for infrared energy...(read more)
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Evaluation of Plasma Facing Components Thermal Performance by Infrared Thermography (.pdf)
In powerful fusion devices, plasma-facing components (PFC) have to handle heat fluxes in the range of 10-20 MW/m² at steady state. This high level of thermal performance involves severe engineering...(read more)
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Finding R-Values of Stud Frame Constructed Houses with IR Thermography (.pdf)
One can calculate the R-Value for an exterior wall segment by estimating the heat flow between the interior of a room and the interior wall surface. In steady state heat transfer conditions, all the...(read more)
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Glaciers of Kilimanjaro (.pdf)
It is well known that the earth's polar ice caps are melting. However, it is not as well known that many alpine glaciers around the world are also shrinking. This shrinking is perhaps most dramatic in...(read more)
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Go Green with Thermal Imaging (.pdf)
Going Green seems to be the "buzz word" today, but what does that have to do with Thermal Imaging? Actually, it has a lot to do with it! Buildings in the U.S. alone account for 39% of U.S. Energy...(read more)
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Guess the Real World Emittance (.pdf)
Real world infrared needs real world emissivities. What is the emissivity of a certain manufacturer's disconnect? How about an aluminum connection on the load or line side of a molded case breaker?...(read more)
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Health Monitoring of Plasma Facing Components in Fusion Devices using Lock-in Thermography (.pdf)
Lock-in thermography has been used to control plasma facing component in Tore-Supra fusion device, during maintenance shutdown. The aim was to perform in-situ health monitoring with a non destructive...(read more)
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Heat-Loss Patterns in National Football League Players as Measured by Infrared Thermography (.pdf)
Various thermoregulatory mechanisms employed by the body are important for the athlete to avoid heat illness. By employing an infrared camera to focus on the radiation of heat from a venous plexus in...(read more)
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How
We started work within the Sugar Industry by knocking on doors and offering FREE demonstrations to Electrical Supervisors. At that time, Infrared Thermography was considered something new and...(read more)
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How to Reduce Data Errors on Infrared Surveys (.pdf)
Infrared thermography is more than just turning on the camera and looking for "hot spots." It is all about gathering accurate data for your customer, so they can make informed decisions as to the...(read more)
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Hybrid Ventilation in the Harm A. Weber Academic Center: A Late- Summer Case Study (.pdf)
Passive ventilation employs a set of strategies, potentially including building shape, internal configuration, orientation, aperture size and position, and microclimate design, to direct air through a...(read more)
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Infrared Imaging for Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Using an IR Camera to Identify Life-Threatening Emergencies (.pdf)
Over 150 million emergency calls are made each year in the United States (US). Different technologies have been introduced to help the Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) to correctly diagnose, monitor,...(read more)
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Infrared Imaging in Engineering Applications (.pdf)
Temperature variations that provide valuable information about heat transfer and fluid phenomena that occur during a mechanical and chemical process stand out clearly in an infrared image. An overview...(read more)
