Update, 3:55 p.m. For more, make sure to read John Schwartz's excellent recent overview of issues and opportunities related to leaking methane, which noted, among other things, how Colorado state regulations now require use
of infrared imaging.
Not exact matches
Another benefit might be to make soldiers more stealthy at night, by absorbing some
of the energy that makes them visible to
infrared imaging devices.
Combined
Infrared Thermal
Imaging and Laser Heating for the Study
of Materials Thermophysical and Processing Properties at High Temperatures
This image, captured by NOAA / NASA's Suomi NPP's Visible
Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), shows agricultural fires in the northernmost section
of the Punjab state
of India in October 2017.
The research team, led by bioengineering professor Rohit Bhargava, is using
infrared chemical
imaging to examine and optimize the structure
of MOFs.
One is a metamaterial that absorbs 99.75 percent
of infrared light — very useful for thermal
imaging devices.
The spiral galaxy M81 as seen through a combination
of X-ray, optical, ultraviolet and
infrared imaging techniques.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University
of Manchester, U.K.; Imperial College, London; University
of California San Diego; and the National Institute
of Material Science (NIMS), Japan, have demonstrated that confined surface phonon polaritons within hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit unique metamaterial properties that enable novel nanoscale optical devices for use in optical communications, super-resolution
imaging, and improved
infrared cameras and detectors.
Among its instruments is the Visible
Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which has dramatically improved spatial resolution compared with its predecessor (the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, which earlier produced images
of Earth at night).
This
infrared image was taken with one
of Odyssey's key instruments, the Thermal Emission
Imaging System (THEMIS) camera.
Using radar,
infrared, and visual
imaging, Cassini has revealed a string
of ethane and methane lakes on Titan, making it the only other known world with bodies
of liquid on its surface.
Infrared rays collected by the mirror bounce to one of three instruments: an imaging camera, a spectrograph that breaks up infrared light into its constituent wavelengths (creating an infrared rainbow), and a combined camera - spectrograph that studies a somewhat different part of the infrared spectrum than the ot
Infrared rays collected by the mirror bounce to one
of three instruments: an
imaging camera, a spectrograph that breaks up
infrared light into its constituent wavelengths (creating an infrared rainbow), and a combined camera - spectrograph that studies a somewhat different part of the infrared spectrum than the ot
infrared light into its constituent wavelengths (creating an
infrared rainbow), and a combined camera - spectrograph that studies a somewhat different part of the infrared spectrum than the ot
infrared rainbow), and a combined camera - spectrograph that studies a somewhat different part
of the
infrared spectrum than the ot
infrared spectrum than the other two.
NASA's asteroid hunter, the Near - Earth Object Wide - field
Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), has been
imaging, and will continue to image, the comet as part
of its operations.
This study used variations in the thermal emissivity
of the surface observed by the Visible and
Infrared Thermal
Imaging Spectrometer on the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft to identify compositional differences in lava flows at three hotspots.
By extending their method to include Raman
imaging, the RUB team achieved a higher spatial resolution than they could with
infrared imaging, however, at the cost
of prolonged measurement time.
Orbiting instruments like the Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectrometer on the Aqua satellite, and the Visible
Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite collect data on the color
of the ocean.
One
infrared scan can give pathologists a window into the structures and molecules inside tissues and cells, enabling fast and broad diagnostic assessments, thanks to an
imaging technique developed by University
of Illinois researchers and clinical partners.
The Rutgers technology, co-developed by Richard Riman, distinguished professor
of Materials Science and Engineering, uses a different type
of infrared light than is used for
imaging today.
By comparison, that's about 15 times smaller than a red blood cell, and Zhang said shrinking an
infrared light source to such a small scale could open doors to new kinds
of chemical sensing and molecular
imaging that aren't possible with today's state -
of - the - art nanoscale
infrared spectroscopy.
Only the central region
of the filter can transmit visible light, while the outer portion can only transmit the near -
infrared light used for fluorescent
imaging.
And until now, Cassini's visual and
infrared mapping spectrometer and
imaging science subsystem had only been able to capture distant, oblique or partial views
of this area.
When you place the filter in the
imaging system, the aperture is wide enough to let in plenty
of near -
infrared light.
The near -
infrared images from Cassini's
imaging cameras show a bright unit
of terrain in the northern land
of lakes that had not previously been visible in the data.
Gibson, along with the rest
of the research team, worked with M Squared to develop the real - time
infrared imaging system.
Near
infrared (NIR) fluorescence
imaging is a novel technique that may assist the surgeons to improve visualization
of tumors during surgery,» Vahrmeijer said.
By combining two modalities
of imaging, investigators from Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth, led by Keith Paulsen, PhD with first author Michael Mastanduno and collaborators from Xijing Hospital in Xian, China, demonstrated that a dual breast exam using MRI and Near
Infrared Spectral Tomography (NIRST) is feasible and more accurate than MRI alone.
Yet by connecting a single - pixel camera to a patterned light source, a team
of physicists in China has made detailed x-ray images using a statistical technique called ghost
imaging, first pioneered 20 years ago in
infrared and visible light.
TATT MAN
Infrared imaging revealed that smudges on the upper - right arm
of a naturally mummified Egyptian man are actually tattoos
of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep.
«Low - cost
imaging system detects natural gas leaks in real time:
Infrared device enables reliable monitoring under a range
of environmental conditions.»
Moreover, because
of limitations inherent in their design, metamaterials
of this type designed for
infrared and visible wavelengths have, so far, been shown to impart a negative index
of refraction to light that is traveling only in a certain direction, making them hard to use for
imaging and other applications that rely on refracted light.
Researchers have developed an
infrared imaging system that could one day offer low - cost, real - time detection
of methane gas leaks in pipelines and at oil and gas facilities.
In fact, says Helliker,
infrared imaging of trees has already shown that their leaves can be warmer than the surrounding air by several degrees, as was reported last year by Christian Körner, a plant ecologist at the University
of Basel in Switzerland.
We report the discovery via
imaging of a young Jovian planet in a triple - star system and characterize its atmospheric properties through near -
infrared spectroscopy.
The researchers made their discovery by obtaining spectroscopic measurements
of S0 - 2 using W. M. Keck Observatory's OH - Suppressing
Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (OSIRIS) and Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics.
For measurements
of color, visible hyperspectral
imaging data was collected between the ultraviolet through the near -
infrared range.
It consists
of a charge - coupled device camera with four color filters spanning wavelengths from 400 to 970 nm plus a near -
infrared imaging spectrometer covering wavelengths from 1.25 to 2.5 μm, where the various cryogenic ices are distinguishable via their characteristic vibrational absorption features.
Now, researchers funded by the National Institute
of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed two near -
infrared (NIR) contrast agents that are efficiently taken up by the thyroid and parathyroid glands following intravenous injection.
Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform
infrared imaging, the team found carbonyl groups at the tail ends
of the polymer chains.
Japan's Subaru visible - light and
infrared telescope, located on the summit
of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, provided optical
imaging of the galaxies.
«If they were looking for living people, they would be using
infrared imaging,» says forensic scientist Lawrence Kobilinsky, a professor at the John Jay College
of Criminal Justice in New York City.
With the aid
of a novel evolutionary platform technology, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed this
infrared marker as part
of a combined effort to improve the quality
of tissue
imaging.
ALMA will consist
of 64 12 - meter - diameter dish antennas comprising a single
imaging telescope to study the universe at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths — the region between radio waves and
infrared waves.
Rieke's plans for JWST investigations include
imaging nearby debris disks deeply enough to detect young ice giant planets to understand how they sculpt debris disks, and obtaining multiple epoch
infrared spectra
of variable disks.
Synthesis and application
of a water - soluble near -
infrared dye for cancer detection using optical
imaging.
The brown dwarf has a projected separation
of around 476 AUs from 54 Piscium and was detected by direct
imaging using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the United Kingdom
Infrared Telescope.
Co-author Mike Brown
of Caltech in Pasadena, analyzed data collected from the Near -
Infrared Echelle Spectrograph (NIRSPEC) and OH Suppressing Infra - Red
Imaging Spectrograph (OSIRIS) instruments on the mighty Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, over four nights in September 2011.
Spitzer's
imaging abilities see clear to the other side
of the Milky Way by accessing the
infrared portion
of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Abstract: We present optical and near -
infrared adaptive optics (AO)
imaging and spectroscopy
of 13 ultracool (> M6) companions to late - type stars (K7 - M 4.5), most
of which have recently been identified as candidate members
of nearby young moving groups (YMGs; 8 - 120 Myr) in the literature.
This analysis was supplemented with new follow - up observations (high - resolution optical and near -
infrared spectroscopy, adaptive optics
imaging, and speckle interferometry), as well as an analysis
of the flux centroids.
The inferred masses
of the companions (~ 10 - 100 Mjup) are highly sensitive to the ages
of the primary stars so we criticall... ▽ More We present optical and near -
infrared adaptive optics (AO)
imaging and spectroscopy
of 13 ultracool (> M6) companions to late - type stars (K7 - M 4.5), most
of which have recently been identified as candidate members
of nearby young moving groups (YMGs; 8 - 120 Myr) in the literature.