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Thermal Infrared Imaging

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Thermal imaging is a non-contact method in which the radiation pattern of an object is converted into a visible image called thermal image or thermogram. All the objects at temperature above absolute zero (−273 °C) emit infrared radiation. The infrared band with wavelength from 3 to 14 µm is called thermal infrared region. This is used in imaging applications that uses heat signatures. Thermal imaging maps the surface temperature of any object with high thermal and spatial resolutions.

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Acknowledgment

We thank The Research Council (TRC) of Sultanate of Oman for funding this study (Project No. RC/AGR/SWAE/11/01—Development of Computer Vision Technology for Quality Assessment of Dates in Oman).

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Teena, M., Manickavasagan, A. (2014). Thermal Infrared Imaging. In: Manickavasagan, A., Jayasuriya, H. (eds) Imaging with Electromagnetic Spectrum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54888-8_8

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