On the application of an optimized Frequency-Phase Modulated waveform for enhanced infrared thermal wave radar imaging of composites

S Hedayatrasa, G Poelman, J Segers… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Thermal Wave Radar (TWR) imaging employs the concept of pulse compression in
order to obtain an increased probing depth and depth resolution in infrared thermographic …

The photothermal wave field and high-resolution photothermal pulse compression thermography for ceramic/metal composite solids

Z Luo, H Luo, S Wang, F Mao, G Yin, H Zhang - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Pulse compression thermography has been recently developed to increase the signal-to-
noise ratio (SNR) and enhance depth resolvability. However, a distinctively high SNR and …

Diffusion-compensated correlation analysis of frequency-modulated thermal signal for quantitative infrared thermography

S Hedayatrasa, W Van Paepegem… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Application of a broadband modulated excitation signal and its cross-correlation with the
corresponding thermal response, so-called thermal wave radar or pulse compression …

Defect Recognition and Morphology Operation in Binary Images Using Line-Scanning-Based Induction Thermography

S Lee, Y Chung, W Kim - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Active infrared thermography is an attractive and highly reliable technique used for the non-
destructive evaluation of test objects. In this paper, defect detection on the subsurface of the …

Novel discrete frequency-phase modulated excitation waveform for enhanced depth resolvability of thermal wave radar

S Hedayatrasa, G Poelman, J Segers… - … Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal wave radar (TWR) is a state-of-the-art non-destructive testing method, inspired by
radio wave radar systems, in order to increase depth resolution and signal to noise ratio of …

Low-cost active thermography using cellphone infrared cameras: from early detection of dental caries to quantification of THC in oral fluid

N Samadi, D Thapa, M Salimi, A Parkhimchyk… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Active thermography (AT) is a widely studied non-destructive testing method for the
characterization and evaluation of biological and industrial materials. Despite its broad …

Comparison of long-wave and mid-wave infrared imaging modalities for photothermal coherence tomography of human teeth

D Thapa, R Welch, RP Dabas, M Salimi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to detect dental caries at early stages lies at the heart of minimal intervention
dentistry, enabling the curing or arresting of carious lesions before they advance to the …

Novel pulse compression favorable excitation schemes for infrared non-destructive testing and evaluation of glass fibre reinforced polymer materials

A Rani, R Mulaveesala - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Infrared thermography (IRT) has been extensively used in the field of non-destructive testing
and evaluation (NDT&E) as a condition monitoring tool in commercial as well as industrial …

Vibro-thermal wave radar: application of barker coded amplitude modulation for enhanced low-power vibrothermographic inspection of composites

S Hedayatrasa, J Segers, G Poelman, WV Paepegem… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes an efficient non-destructive testing technique for composite materials.
The proposed vibro-thermal wave radar (VTWR) technique couples the thermal wave radar …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Principles and specifications of photothermal imaging methodologies and their applications to non-invasive biomedical and non-destructive …

P Tavakolian, A Mandelis - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
This article discusses a number of dynamic thermography techniques used for analysis of
captured raw infrared images of objects. The most widely used, as well as state-of-the-art …