Thermal imaging was primarily used during the Korean War and now the thermographic cameras have slowly come to the fields of medicine and archeology. A candidate who is undergoing Thermal Imaging training can be a professional from Astronomy, Firefighting, Military and Police, Law enforcement, etc.
And most importantly can be a possible candidate for Energy auditing of Building Insulation and detection of refrigerant leaks, Roof inspection, Moisture detection in walls and roofs, Pollution effluent detection, Masonry wall structural analysis, etc.
The thermal images or theromograms are visual displays of the amount of infrared energy emitted, transmitted and reflected by the object. There are multiple sources of infrared energy and hence it is difficult to get an accurate temperature of any object.
The best thing about thermal imaging camera is that is performs algorithms to interpret data and build an image. The Camera determines the value rather than detecting the temperature of the surroundings.
In the Thermal Imaging training, the candidate will be trained on the basic formula of Incident Energy which is a combination of Emitted Energy, Transmitted Energy and Reflected Energy.
The basic idea is to differentiate emitted energy from the other types of energy. This is what is to be measured by the thermographer.
The thermographer must be able to determine whether the object is radiating higher temperature than desired and when compared to the surroundings.
There might be different systems which emit cool temperature and the other hot temperature. It is the duty of the thermographer to strike a balance and get the accurate results from Thermal Imaging.
