Infrared Thermal Imaging

Michael Vollmer received his PhD degree for the studies of clusters on surfaces, and his ha-bilitation on optical properties of metal clusters from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Later assignments were with the University of Kassel, Germany, the university of California in Berkeley, USA, as well as with various institutions in the United States and Asia during sabbaticals. His research interests include atmospheric optics, spectroscopy, infrared thermal imaging, and the didactics of physics. Professor Vollmer has authored one science book and co-authored a scienti¿ c monograph and about 140 scienti¿ c papers. Klaus-Peter Möllmann received his PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, studying strongly doped narrow band semiconductors at low temperatures and later, for his habilitation, MCT photo detectors. He subsequently held positions with the Humboldt Uni-versity and with several businesses in industry. Professor Möllmann?s research interests include MEMS technology, infrared thermal imaging, and spectroscopy. He is the co-author of about 100 scienti¿ c and didactical papers. Both authors are professors of experimental physics at the University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg, Germany.

Fundamentals of Infrared Thermal Imaging
Basic Properties of IR Imaging Systems
Advanced Methods in IR Imaging
Some Basic Concepts of Heat Transfer
Basic Applications: Direct Visualization of Physics Phenomena
IR Imaging of Buildings and Infrastructure
Industrial Application: Detection of Gases
Microsystems
Selected Topics in Research and Industry (thermal reflections, metal industry, automobile industry, airplane and space craft industry, various industrial applications, electric applications)
Miscellaneous: Selected Applications in Other Fields (medical and veterinary applications, sports, arts, surveillance and security, nature)

Insbesondere eine vergleichende Darstellung der verschiedenen Detektortypen (Photonendetektoren,
Mikrobolometer) ist in dieser komprimierten und praxisnahen Form an anderer Stelle kaum zu finden. ...
Von besonderem Wert sind in diesem Buch ... die vielen Tipps aus der Praxis, die auch die zahlreichen Möglichkeiten einer Fehlinterpretation thermographischer
Bilder aufzeigen und den weniger erfahrenen Benutzer vor
Fehlern bewahren. ...
Insgesamt kann ich dieses Buch allen Lesern empfehlen, die sich einen Überblick über die Thermographie verschaffen und Hilfen für die tägliche Praxis aus ihm ziehen wollen, oder die als erfahrene Nutzer über den eigenen Tellerrand hinaus blicken möchten.
Jochen Aderhold, Braunschweig
PhiuZ, 3/2011 (42)
?Infrared Thermal Imaging? von Michael Vollmer und Klaus-Peter Möllmann ist das beste Buch zur IR-Wärmebildtechnik, das für Techniker und Ingenieure als Anwender auf dem Markt verfügbar ist. Es sollte eigentlich jeder Wärmebildkamera beiliegen. Und es ist nach meiner Kenntnis das einzige Buch, das Lehrern und Hochschullehrern konkrete Angebote zur pädagogischen Nutzung der IR-Technik für den naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht bietet.
Gerald Gerlach, Pro-physik.de, 3.11.2011

It is the usual perception that the use of IR cameras for
educational purposes is limited primarily to help visualize processes in thermodynamics such as heat conduction, evaporation, radiation and convection. In this book the authors show that the range of pedagogical applications of IR cameras is much wider. ...

Readers who may want to repeat the experiments will appreciate the colour IR photos that are equipped with temperature scales from which one may learn which settings to use in order to achieve the best visibility of the phenomena to be observed. ...

One can only wish that future authors of similar books will try to meet the standards set by this one.