Field guide to infrared systems /

This Field Guide is written to clarify and summarize the theoretical principles of infrared technology. It describes the basic elements involving image formation and image quality, radiometry and flux transfer, and explains the figures of merit involving detector performance. It considers the develo...

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Main Author: Daniels, Arnold
Corporate Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, 2007.
Series:SPIE field guides ; FG09.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This Field Guide is written to clarify and summarize the theoretical principles of infrared technology. It describes the basic elements involving image formation and image quality, radiometry and flux transfer, and explains the figures of merit involving detector performance. It considers the development of search infrared systems, and specifies the main descriptors used to characterize thermal imaging systems. Furthermore, this guide clarifies, identifies, and evaluates the engineering trade-offs in the design of an infrared system.
Item Description:"SPIE digital library."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print version.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index.
ISBN:9780819478245 (electronic)
DOI:10.1117/3.684619
Access:Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.