Title :
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
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;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
