An uncooled IR sensor with digital focal plane array [and medical application]

Author

White, Tim ; Butler, Neal ; Murphy, Robert

Author_Institution

Lockheed Matin IR Imaging Syst., Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

1998

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

65

Abstract

This article reports on state-of-the-art improvements in microbolometer technology through an ongoing set of laboratory and field experiments. The availability of low-cost, high thermal and physical resolution digital IR imaging equipment may provide a new method for the investigation of human circulatory conditions, resulting in improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to a wide variety of medical applications.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical imaging; biothermics; bolometers; focal planes; microsensors; digital focal plane array; high resolution digital IR imaging; human circulatory conditions; low-cost; medical diagnostics; microbolometer technology; uncooled IR sensor; Availability; Biomedical equipment; High-resolution imaging; Humans; Image resolution; Infrared sensors; Laboratories; Medical services; Optical imaging; Sensor arrays; Computer Systems; Electronics, Medical; Equipment Design; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Infrared Rays; Miniaturization; Monitoring, Physiologic; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Surface Properties; Technology, Medical; Thermography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.687965

Filename

687965