Project of the Slovak Grant Agency VEGA 2/7082/27

Project duration: 01/2007 - 12/2009

Head of the project: RNDr. Miroslav Hain

Aims of the project:

The aim of proposed project is, on theoretical level, the analysis and proposal of new methods of active infrared thermography in the region of 8 – 12 μm with intended application in measurement and nondestructive testing of covered undersurface defects and inhomogeneities, building of physical model of tested object aimed at optimalization of active thermography method, solution of problems related to boundary regions of infrared thermometry and thermography applications – contactless measuring of temperature and temperature fields of 3D objects, optically semitransparent objects and objects with low and inconstant emissivity coefficients. Project is also aimed to work out theoretically and to realize experimentally the method of undersurface testing employing the near infrared radiation (0.8 – 2 μm) – infrared reflectography, which is applicable in the field of restoration of art, industry and also in security applications, which are one of the present priorities of EU framework program. Experimental aspect of the project is aimed to design the system for active thermohraphy with throbbing radiation source in infrared spectral region with thermographic camera (NEC 7102), to realize electronic and software security of the system for data-mining and data evaluation, and to test the system in real applications. For the common laboratory with Academy of Fine Arts and Design to complete the infrared reflectographic system sensitive in the region of 0.8 – 2 μm including the digitalization and image processing.