Pseudocoloring schemes for thermal imaging

Jun Li, Edwin S. Hou

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Abstract

In industrial applications, thermal infrared radiance mainly corresponds to the surface temperature of the target being studied. Since the contrast of an infrared image is usually much lower than that of a visible image, pseudocoloring techniques are usually used in real- time thermal image display. Pseudocoloring schemes for infrared video should be evaluated according to its ease with which the temperature variance can be distinguished intuitively. In this paper, two uniform brightness schemes for thermal infrared image pseudocoloring are presented. One of the new schemes is derived from the well-known Bezier/Bernstein blending function, and the other one is based on the popular HSI color model. They are compared with a conventional pseudocoloring scheme and a modified conventional scheme. Some representative experimental results are illustrated to show the unique features of the new pseudocoloring schemes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
EditorsGeorges G. Grinstein, Robert F. Erbacher
Pages77-83
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 1996
EventVisual Data Exploration and Analysis III - San Jose, CA, USA
Duration: Jan 31 1996Feb 2 1996

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2656
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherVisual Data Exploration and Analysis III
CitySan Jose, CA, USA
Period1/31/962/2/96

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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