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Infrared Thermography: From Sensing Principle to Nondestructive Testing Considerations

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This chapter addresses a short review on radiation theory to introduce infrared thermography. Infrared thermography is presented in both passive and active mode. Then, several processing analysis approaches are described, which belong to the signal and image processing domain or to the heat transfer domain. Illustration of results obtained through such analysis approaches are described by two experiments carried out in nonlaboratory conditions. Finally, a conclusion and perspectives are proposed.

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  1. IFSTTAR, COSYS-SII, Route de Bouaye, CS4, Bouguenais, F-44344, France

    Jean Dumoulin

  2. Inria, I4S Team, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, F-35042, France

    Jean Dumoulin

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  1. CNR-IBAM Institute of Archaeological and Monumental Heritage, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

    Nicola Masini

  2. Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (CNR-IREA), Napoli, Italy

    Francesco Soldovieri

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Dumoulin, J. (2017). Infrared Thermography: From Sensing Principle to Nondestructive Testing Considerations. In: Masini, N., Soldovieri, F. (eds) Sensing the Past. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50518-3_11

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