thermal imager

Infrared vision device

A thermal imager is a device that detects infrared radiation and converts it into a visible image, showing heat differences across a scene.

Used in firefighting to find people through smoke, in building inspection to locate heat leaks, in military and law enforcement for night vision, and in medicine to detect inflammation.

Also called a thermal camera or infrared camera.

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camera · temperature · FLIR · thermography · hotspot · sensor · detection · radiation · firefighter · hunting · surveillance · law enforcement · scope · military · body heat · body temperature · signature · spectrum

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electromagnetic spectrum detection

thermal imagernaked eye

Vision without optical instruments

radio telescope

detection principle

thermal imagerflash photography

Picture-taking with artificial burst

sonar · radar · laser scanner · searchlight · spotlight

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G