State-of-the-Art for Thermal Imaging

J. M. Lloyd

doi:10.1117/12.7971764

1 February 1975 State-of-the-Art for Thermal Imaging

J. M. Lloyd

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 14, Issue 1, 140150 (February 1975). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7971764

Abstract

Substantial improvements in the thermal imaging state-of-the-art are occurring in forward-looking infrared (FLIR) system technology. These far infrared imaging systems have achieved broadcast television standards for frame rate, resolution, and signal-to-noise ratio, and are moving toward the standardization and volume production necessary for wider dissemination of the technology. Current techniques permit a single-detector system to approach within a factor of two the theoretical limit of thermal sensitivity using a photon detector. FLIR systems now use mechanical scanners and the mini-mum number of detectors necessary to achieve the needed performance, but performance requirements are increasing, and future systems may use mosaics of self scanned detec-tors. Then problems of element-to-element nonuniformities and of background substraction must be solved.

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J. M. Lloyd "State-of-the-Art for Thermal Imaging," Optical Engineering 14(1), 140150 (1 February 1975). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7971764

Published: 1 February 1975

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