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IRT image segmentation and enhancement using FCM-MALO approach
摘要： Infrared Thermography (IRT) is a method that has modernized the way for monitoring the thermal conditions, finding some potential faults or defects that could be available in electrical systems. In the proposed work, IRT electrical images are taken for diagnosing the faults by the image pre-processing and segmentation process. Initially, the IRT images are changed over into a grayscale image, trailed by image pre-processing is performed where histogram equalization is applied. With the intention of segmenting the faulty portion (high temperature zone) from the electrical equipment, Fuzzy C Means (FCM) strategy is introduced. For optimizing the centroid of FCM algorithm Modified Ant Lion Optimization (MALO) is proposed. From the segmented images, small size portions are removed by using Region Props function. This operation can remove the isolated pixels from the image and extract image components for better representation of images. The optimum results show that the proposed work accomplishes maximum segmentation accuracy compared to existing segmentation algorithms.
关键词： Pre-processing,Infrared thermography images,Fault diagnosis,Segmentation,Region props function,Electrical equipment
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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The utility of infrared thermography for evaluating lameness attributable to bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis
摘要： Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) is a leading cause of lameness in broilers. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a noninvasive technique for measuring infrared radiation from an object and can be used to evaluate clinical health. Two replicated studies compared the effect of light intensity on broilers grown on a wire flooring model that experimentally increased their susceptibility to and incidence of BCO lameness. Day-of-hatch male broiler chickens were placed into 6 pens on wood shavings litter, and at 1 wk one of 3 light intensity treatments (2, 5, or 10 lux) was allotted. At 4 wk half of the population from each pen was moved to a pen with wire flooring and the same light intensity. At 1, 4, 5, and 8 wk, an IRT image of the legs of 5 clinically healthy broilers from each pen was taken. The right and left proximal femora and tibiae of sound and lame broilers were scored for femoral head necrosis (FHN) and tibial head necrosis (THN) lesion severity. There were minimal effects of light intensity and flooring. In Study 1, but not Study 2, broilers on wire flooring weighed less on day 38 (P = 0.007) and days 57 to 58 (P = 0.003) compared to those on litter. The proportion of broilers that became lame on wire flooring was 52% in Study 1 and 14% in Study 2. The proportion of sound broilers from litter and wire flooring pens with subclinical signs of BCO in their right or left proximal growth plates was over 45% for FHN and 92% for THN, and lame broilers had more severe (P < 0.0001) FHN and THN compared to sound broilers. IRT surface temperatures of the hock joint, shank, and foot were consistently lower (P < 0.0001) in broilers that became lame when compared to sound. Therefore, IRT surface temperatures of broiler leg regions may be useful for detecting lesions attributed to BCO.
关键词： infrared thermography,wire flooring,lameness,bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis,light intensity
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Absorption Coefficient Dispersion in Flash Thermography of Semitransparent Solids
摘要： Pulse and flash thermography are experimental techniques which are widely used in the field of non-destructive testing for materials characterization and defect detection. We recently showed that it is possible to determine quantitatively the thickness of semitransparent polymeric solids by fitting of results of an analytical model to experimental flash thermography data, for both transmission and reflection configuration. However, depending on the chosen experimental configuration, different effective optical absorption coefficients had to be used in the model to properly fit the respective experimental data, although the material was always the same. Here, we show that this effect can be explained by the wavelength dependency of the absorption coefficient of the sample material if a polychromatic light source, such as a flash lamp, is used. We present an extension of the analytical model to describe the decay of the heating irradiance by two instead of only one effective absorption coefficient, greatly extending its applicability. We show that using this extended model, the experimental results from both measurement configurations and for different sample thicknesses can be fitted by a single set of parameters. Additionally, the deviations between experimental and modeled surface temperatures are reduced compared to a single optimized effective absorption coefficient.
关键词： Dispersion,Flash thermography,NDT,Absorptance,Infrared thermography,Semitransparency
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Evaluating impact damage to fabric-based personal armor by infrared NDT
摘要： The paper considers the thermo-mechanical mechanism of interaction between the damage agents and armor protection made of polymer fabrics. A simplified mathematical model is proposed to describe the deceleration of a damage agent within an armor fabric due to the dissipation of energy expended on irreversible stretching deformations of fabric fibers, as well as fiber slipping friction and material heating. Woven fabric layers are replaced by solid layers characterized by averaged stiffness and viscosity. A discrete numerical model of a solid material is proposed to reduce a problem with a finite number of degrees of freedom; motion equations are obtained on the basis of the Lagrange equations of the second kind, and for their integration, a stable non-conservative difference scheme is used. The software implementation is based on a functional-object paradigm which allows the modeling of conjugated processes. The parameters of governing equations are identified by using the experimental data. Some illustrative examples of interaction between damage agents and armor barriers with different arrangement of fibers are presented. The proposed model can be used to predict the quality of armor protection with the changing number and location of fibers, as well as to test the armor protection by applying the technique of infrared thermography.
关键词： Armor protection,mathematical model,irreversible deformation,infrared thermography,energy absorption,numerical scheme,composite material,fiber friction
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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The Effectiveness of Infrared Thermography in Patients with Whiplash Injury
摘要： Objective : This study aims to visualize the subjective symptoms before and after the treatment of whiplash injury using infrared (IR) thermography. Methods : IR thermography was performed for 42 patients who were diagnosed with whiplash injury. There were 19 male and 23 female patients. The mean age was 43.12 years. Thermal differences (?T) in the neck and shoulder and changes in the thermal differences (?dT) before and after treatment were analyzed. Pain after injury was evaluated using visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after treatment (?VAS). The correlations between ?dT and ?VAS results before and after the treatment were examined. We used Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging equipment of Dorex company for IR thermography. Results : The skin temperature of the neck and shoulder immediately after injury showed 1–2°C hyperthermia than normal. After two weeks, the skin temperature was normal range. ?T after immediately injuy was higher than normal value, but it was gradually near the normal value after two weeks. ?dT before and after treatment were statistically significant (p<0.05). VAS of the neck and shoulder significantly reduced after 2 week (p=0.001). Also, there was significant correlation between ?dT and reduced ?VAS (the neck; r=0.412, p<0.007) (the shoulder; r=0.648, p<0.000). Conclusion : The skin temperature of sites with whiplash injury is immediately hyperthermia and gradually decreased after two weeks, finally it got close to normal temperature. These were highly correlated with reduced VAS. IR thermography can be a reliable tool to visualize the symptoms of whiplash injury and the effectiveness of treatment in clinical settings.
关键词： Thermal difference,Visual analogue scale,Whiplash injury,Pain,Infrared thermography
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Utiliza??o da termografia infravermelha para detec??o de focos de umidade em paredes internas de edifica??es
摘要： The use of infrared thermography has become the theme of studies in several areas of the construction industry. However, research studies on detecting the presence of moisture in buildings are still under development. The main objective of this article was to study the feasibility of the use of thermography in the detection of infiltrations due to accidental causes in internal walls. The methodology consisted of the construction of masonry walls made of ceramic bricks with different coating configurations: uncoated, with plaster, plaster with latex paint, plaster with acrylic base paint and plaster with ceramic set with plaster glue. In each prototype, a drilled pipe was inserted to simulate water leaks. The infiltration progress was verified by means of thermograms, for a period of 2 hours with constant flow, and at 48 hours and one week after the beginning of the simulation. The results confirm that thermography may be effective in detecting the region containing the focus of hidden infiltration, provided the coating is not impermeable. This fact can be observed in the thermal gradients produced in the porous coatings, where ΔT ranged from 2.6 to 3.8 ° C, whereas coatings with waterproof characteristics had a maximum ΔT of 2.2 °C. In addition, the type of coating directly influences the time required for the appearance of the moisture spot to become apparent.
关键词： Infrared thermography. Coating. Infiltration. Moisture. Pathologies in civil construction.
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Thermal effects of a novel electrosurgical device for focused preparation in breast surgery tested in a specified porcine tissue ex vivo breast model using infrared measurement
摘要： Purpose This article investigates the qualities and thermal effects of a novel electrosurgical device (PT) which has been designed by ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH, Germany, for the preparation of critical locations such as in skin-sparing or nipple-sparing techniques and compares it to a standard device (SD) in a porcine ex vivo breast model using an heat map generated by infrared thermography. Methods In total, 42 abdominal wall specimens of porcine tissue consisting of the skin and the underlying subcutaneous and muscle layer were alternately dissected using one of the devices and pre-settings. During the preparation with the two devices, the epicutaneous temperature was measured by an infrared camera (VarioCam, Jenoptik, Germany) and the maximum temperature as well as the slope of the temperature rise was analysed. Results The use of PT shows significantly lower values for ΔTmax compared to SD. This effect was independent from the chosen mode. Using the same instrument in different modes, the use of AutoCut mode showed a significant reduction of ΔTmax at all indicated time points (SD: p < 0.0001 and PT: p < 0.0001). In summary, the combination of AutoCut + PT showed the lowest rise in temperature, whereas the combination of DryCut + SD led to the highest rise in temperature. The temperature difference between these two settings was 13.84 °C, which means a possible temperature reduction of 67% can be achieved by the right choice of device and its tailored mode. Conclusions The novel PT shows a significant reduction in epicutaneous temperature and a significant reduction of the slope of temperature rise most probably by a more focused application of energy compared to SD.
关键词： Infrared thermography,Porcine model,Electrosurgery,Mastectomy
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Influence of ICHTC correlations on the thermal characterization of fa?ades using the quantitative internal infrared thermography method
摘要： The thermal characterization of fa?ades of the existing building stock is essential to establish optimal energy conservation measures. There are different methods to characterize thermal properties of fa?ades. The quantitative internal infrared thermography method is among those most developed. Given the existing differences in the scientific literature among the proposals of the method, this study analysed the influence of the internal convective heat transfer coefficient (ICHTC). In total, 25 correlations of temperature differences (temperature of the wall and internal air temperature) were analysed, as well as 20 correlations of dimensionless numbers. To do this, an experimental campaign was performed in 3 fa?ades belonging to the most representative building periods of the building stock in Spain. First, a cluster analysis was carried out to determine similarities among the equations analysed, using the Ward method as an agglomerative hierarchical method and the Euclidean distance as an association measurement. In total, 12 and 8 groups were obtained for correlations of temperature difference and of dimensionless numbers, respectively. Afterwards, results associated with each approach were obtained. These results showed that a better adjustment was obtained for correlations of dimensionless numbers by using the approach of convection and radiation, with an average value of representative results higher than 80%.
关键词： Fa?ades,Internal convective heat transfer coefficient (ICHTC),U-value,Quantitative internal infrared thermography method
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Non-destructive defect evaluation of polymer composites via thermographic data analysis: A manifold learning method
摘要： Recently, various thermographic data analysis methods have been utilized in the field of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) to process thermal images and enhance the visibility of defects. However, most of them extract only linear features, leading to cumbersome results. In this work, manifold learning is introduced into the thermographic data analysis field. As a nonlinear dimensionality reduction technique, manifold learning can identify an intrinsically low-dimensional manifold in a high-dimensional data space. Specifically, an isometric feature mapping (ISOMAP) based manifold learning thermography (MLT) method is proposed to analyze the thermographic data, which can effectively distinguish the uneven background, noise, and defect characteristics contained in thermal images and make the defect detection easier. The feasibility of MLT is illustrated using a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) specimen. The results show that, comparing to the conventional linear methods, the present method can better determine the defect information, including the positions, sizes, and shapes.
关键词： Thermographic data analysis,Non-destructive evaluation,Manifold learning,Active infrared thermography,Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Long-Wave Medical Infrared Thermography: A Clinical Biomarker of Inflammation in Hidradenitis Suppurativa/Acne Inversa
摘要： Background: A more reliable classification of skin inflammation and severity of active disease results from ultrasound sonography and the new hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS) classification system IHS4. However, an objective assessment of skin inflammation in a continuous mode is still the ultimate goal. Long-wave medical infrared thermography (MIT) may offer a blood flow and temperature differential assessment in inflammatory conditions. Objective: To evaluate the application of MIT in HS. Methods: Standardized photography of the areas involved or previous candidates for HS involvement was performed and MIT pictures were taken simultaneously and superimposed on the photographs of 18 patients (11 female, 7 male, median age 38.75 years [95% confidence interval 28.5–51 years], Hurley score I 5.6%, Hurley score II 38.9%, and Hurley score III 55.5%). A modification of the Otsu method facilitated the automatic lesion segmentation from the background, depicting the inflammation area. Moreover, MIT was administered in real-time mode during radical HS surgery. Results: A 1°C temperature difference from a corresponding symmetric body region was indicative of inflammation. MIT figures detected a gradual increase of skin temperature from 33.0°C in healthy skin on average to 35.0–36.6°C at the center of inflammatory lesions in the axilla and to 35.4–36.9°C at the center of inflammation in the groin area. Real-time MIT assessment enabled the definition of the margins and depth of the surgical intervention during the procedure. Conclusion: MIT is a promising tool for the detection of inflammation severity in HS lesions and can be used as a clinical biomarker in evaluation studies of medical and surgical HS treatment.
关键词： Photography,Acne inversa,Biomarker,Long-wave medical infrared thermography,Hidradenitis suppurativa
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29