Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems
Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems
JSSS
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-10-179-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-10-179-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Regular research article
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21 Jul 2021
Regular research article |  | 21 Jul 2021

The size-of-source effect in thermography

Helmut Budzier and Gerald Gerlach

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In thermometry, the displayed temperature value of an object depends on the size of the object. This behaviour, the size-of-source effect, might be a major cause of measurement uncertainty in a thermoscene. The influence of diffraction and digitization can be described advantageously with the modulation transfer function. Especially with very small objects the displayed temperatures are too low. When imaging large objects, not only the edge areas are affected, but also the entire image.
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