Evaluation of facial temperature distribution changes during meditation using infrared thermal imaging:An experimental,cross-over study

Objective:To investigate the differences between meditation and resting states using infrared thermal imaging(IRTI)to determine facial temperature distribution features during meditation and annotate the patterns of facial temperature changes during meditation from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine facial diagnosis.Methods:Each participant performed 10 min meditation and 10 min resting but in different sequences.A concentration test was set as the task load,followed by a meditation/resting or resting/meditation session,during which the participants'facial temperatures were observed using IRTI.Participants were scored on the Big Five Inventory(BFI)and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS).Results:Forehead temperatures decreased more during meditation than during the resting state.The chin temperature increased only during meditation(P<.0001).For the subjects with meditation experience,there were significant differences in the temperatures of the left forehead(P<.01),right forehead(P<.01)and chin(P<.05)between the meditation and resting state at the 10~(th)min.In the nontask state,the BFI-Extraversion showed a negative correlation with the temperature of the left forehead(R=-0.41,P=.03).In the post-task state,the temperature of the left forehead was negatively correlated with scores on the MAAS(R=-0.42,P=.02).Conclusion:Using IRTI to study meditation offers a practical solution to the challenges in meditation research.The results indicate that an increase in chin temperature may be a representative feature of a meditation state,and forehead temperature is also a potential indicator.

Heat transfer and temperature evolution in underground mininginduced overburden fracture and ground fissures: Optimal time window of UAV infrared monitoring

Heat transfer and temperature evolution in overburden fracture and ground fissures are one of the essential topics for the identification of ground fissures via unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) infrared imager. In this study, discrete element software UDEC was employed to investigate the overburden fracture field under different mining conditions. Multiphysics software COMSOL were employed to investigate heat transfer and temperature evolution of overburden fracture and ground fissures under the influence of mining condition, fissure depth, fissure width, and month alternation. The UAV infrared field measurements also provided a calibration for numerical simulation. The results showed that for ground fissures connected to underground goaf(Fissure Ⅰ), the temperature difference increased with larger mining height and shallow buried depth. In addition, Fissure Ⅰ located in the boundary of the goaf have a greater temperature difference and is easier to be identified than fissures located above the mining goaf. For ground fissures having no connection to underground goaf(Fissure Ⅱ), the heat transfer is affected by the internal resistance of the overlying strata fracture when the depth of Fissure Ⅱ is greater than10 m, the temperature of Fissure Ⅱ gradually equals to the ground temperature as the fissures’ depth increases, and the fissures are difficult to be identified. The identification effect is most obvious for fissures larger than 16 cm under the same depth. In spring and summer, UAV infrared identification of mining fissures should be carried out during nighttime. This study provides the basis for the optimal time and season for the UAV infrared identification of different types of mining ground fissures.

Utilization of Thermal Infrared Image for Inversion of Winter Wheat Yield and Biomass

The present paper utilizes thermal infrared image for inversion of winter wheat yield and biomass with different technology of irrigation(drip irrigation,sprinkler irrigation,flood irrigation).It is the first time that thermal infrared image is used for predicting the winter wheat yield and biomass.The temperature of crop and background was measured by thermal infrared image.It is necessary to get the crop background separation index(CBSIL,CBSIH),which can be used for distinguishing the crop value from the image.CBSIL and CBSIH(the temperature when the leaves are wet adequately;the temperature when the stomata of leaf is closed completely) are the threshold values.The temperature of crop ranged from CBSIL to CBSIH.Then the ICWSI was calculated based on relevant theoretical method.The value of stomata leaf has strong negative correlation with ICWSI proving the reliable value of ICWSI.In order to construct the high accuracy simulation model,the samples were divided into two parts.One was used for constructing the simulation model,the other for checking the accuracy of the model.Such result of the model was concluded as:(1) As for the simulation model of soil moisture,the correlation coefficient(R2) is larger than 0.887 6,the average of relative error(Er) ranges from 13.33% to 16.88%;(2) As for the simulation model of winter wheat yield,drip irrigation(0.887 6,16.89%,-0.12),sprinkler irrigation(0.970 0,14.85%,-0.12),flood irrigation(0.969 0,18.87%,0.18),with the values of R2,Er and CRM listed in the parentheses followed by the individual term.(3) As for winter wheat biomass,drip irrigation(0.980 0,13.70%,0.13),sprinkler irrigation(0.95,13.15%,-0.14),flood irrigation(0.970 0,14.48%,-0.13),and the values in the parentheses are demonstrated the same as above.Both the CRM and Er are shown to be very low values,which points to the accuracy and reliability of the model investigated.The accuracy of model is high and reliable.The results indicated that thermal infrared image can be used potentially for inversion of winter wheat yield and biomass.

INFRARED THERMAL IMAGE STUDY ON THE FOREWARNING OF COAL AND SANDSTONE FAILURE UNDER LOAD

In the experimental study, AGE-782 thermal instrument was used to detect the infrared radiation variation of coal and sandstone (wave-length range 3.6～5.5 μm was used). It's discovered that coal and sandstone failure under load have three kinds of infrared thermal features as well as infrared forewarning messages. That are: (1) temperature rises gradually but drops before failure ; (2) temperature rises gradually but quickly rises before failure; (3) first rises,then drops and lower temperature emerges before failure. The further researches and the prospect of micro-wave remote sensing detection .on ground pressure is also discussed.

Investigation of automatic segmentation on digital infrared thermal imaging of breast

Objective: To scan all the possibly diseased areas of an organ, a new method of digital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) system was designed on the basis of medical theory. Methods: This new method of DITT is operated in 2 steps; the image is sharpened with wavelet transformation and then the image is divided into normal and possibly diseased areas with Fuzzy clustering. Results: It was found for a comparison between the old and new methods that the new method is more reliable in clinical practice and takes less time to complete a computation. Conclusion : The new model of DITI system can be used clinically to improve the diagnostic accuracy of breast disease.

Gait Recognition System in Thermal Infrared Night Imaging by Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Gait is an essential biomedical feature that distinguishes individuals through walking.This feature automatically stimulates the need for remote human recognition in security-sensitive visual monitoring applications.However,there is still a lack of sufficient accuracy of gait recognition at night,in addition to taking some critical factors that affect the performances of the recognition algorithm.Therefore,a novel approach is proposed to automatically identify individuals from thermal infrared(TIR)images according to their gaits captured at night.This approach uses a new night gait network(NGaitNet)based on similarity deep convolutional neural networks(CNNs)method to enhance gait recognition at night.First,the TIR image is represented via personal movements and enhanced body skeleton segments.Then,the state-space method with a Hough transform is used to extract gait features to obtain skeletal joints′angles.These features are trained to identify the most discriminating gait patterns that indicate a change in human identity.To verify the proposed method,the experimental results are performed by using learning and validation curves via being connected by the Visdom website.The proposed thermal infrared imaging night gait recognition(TIRNGaitNet)approach has achieved the highest gait recognition accuracy rates(99.5%,97.0%),especially under normal walking conditions on the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation infrared night gait dataset(CASIA C)and Donghua University thermal infrared night gait database(DHU night gait dataset).On the same dataset,the results of the TIRNGaitNet approach provide the record scores of(98.0%,87.0%)under the slow walking condition and(94.0%,86.0%)for the quick walking condition.

Improving wavelet reconstruction algorithm to achieve comprehensive application of thermal infrared remote sensing data from TM and MODIS

According to the data characteristics of Landsat thematic mapper （TM） and MODIS, a new fu sion algorithm about thermal infrared data has been proposed in the article based on improving wave let reconstruction. Under the domain of neighborhood wavelet reconstruction, data of TM and MO DIS are divided into three layers using wavelet decomposition. The texture information of TM data is retained by fusing highfrequency information. The neighborhood correction coefficient method （NC CM） is set up based on the search neighborhood of a certain size to fuse lowfrequency information. Thermal infrared value of MODIS data is reduced to the space value of TM data by applying NCCM. The data with high spectrum, high spatial and high temporal resolution, are obtained through the al gorithm in the paper. Verification results show that the texture information of TM data and high spec tral information of MODIS data could be preserved well by the fusion algorithm. This article could provide technical support for high precision and fast extraction of the surface environment parame ters.

Thermal Infrared Salient Human Detection Model Combined with Thermal Features in Airport Terminal

Target detection in low light background is one of the main tasks of night patrol robots for airport terminal.However,if some algorithms can run on a robot platform with limited computing resources,it is difficult for these algorithms to ensure the detection accuracy of human body in the airport terminal. A novel thermal infrared salient human detection model combined with thermal features called TFSHD is proposed. The TFSHD model is still based on U-Net,but the decoder module structure and model lightweight have been redesigned. In order to improve the detection accuracy of the algorithm in complex scenes,a fusion module composed of thermal branch and saliency branch is added to the decoder of the TFSHD model. Furthermore,a predictive loss function that is more sensitive to high temperature regions of the image is designed. Additionally,for the sake of reducing the computing resource requirements of the algorithm,a model lightweight scheme that includes simplifying the encoder network structure and controlling the number of decoder channels is adopted. The experimental results on four data sets show that the proposed method can not only ensure high detection accuracy and robustness of the algorithm,but also meet the needs of real-time detection of patrol robots with detection speed above 40 f/s.

Identification of Carbon Black in Military Textiles Using Infrared Imaging Techniques

The carbon black has been used in military fabrics to comply with the color requirements and infrared radiation lessening criteria. Currently, military industries don’t distinguish between fabrics with carbon black fibers or with carbon black into dyes or prints. The latter initially allows us to comply with the color specifications in the visible and infrared, but fabrics are degraded with use losing that initial capacity. The inclusion of carbon black in the fiber gets that the fabric doesn’t degrade with the wear, washed and dried, ensuring the accomplishment of the specifications all the time. The use of infrared imaging will allow us to define a method to discriminate those textiles with carbon black in their fibers from those which are dyed or printed.

9μm Cutoff 128×128 AlGaAs/GaAs Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Focal Plane Arrays

We design and fabricate a 128 × 128 AlGaAs/GaAs quantum well infrared photodetector focal plane array （FPA）. The device is achieved by metal organic chemical vapor deposition and GaAs integrated circuit processing technology. A test structure of the photodetector with a mesa size of 300μm × 300μm is also made in order to obtain the device parameters. The measured dark current density at 77K is 1.5 × 10^-3A/cm^2 with a bias voltage of 2V. The peak of the responsivity spectrum is at 8.4μm,with a cutoff wavelength of 9μm. The blackbody detectivity is shown to be 3.95 × 10^8 （cm · Hz^1/2）/W. The final FPA is flip-chip bonded on a CMOS read-out integrated circuit. The infrared thermal images of some targets at room temperature background are successfully demonstrated at 80K operating temperature with a ratio of dead pixels of less than 1%.

Experimental study on the infrared precursor characteristics of gas-bearing coal failure under loading

The stress and gas pressure in deep coal seams are very high,and instability and failure rapidly and intensely occur.It is important to study the infrared precursor characteristics of gas-bearing coal instability and failure.In this paper,a self-developed stress-gas coupling failure infrared experimental system was used to analyse the infrared radiation temperature(IRT)and infrared thermal image precursor characteristics of gas-free coal and gas-bearing coal.The changes in the areas of the infrared temperature anomalous precursor regions and the effect of the gas on the infrared precursors were examined.The results show that high-temperature anomalous precursors arise mainly when the gas-free coal fails under loading,whereas the gas-bearing coal has high-temperature and low-temperature anomalous precursors.The area of the high-temperature anomalous precursor is approximately 30%–40%under gasbearing coal unstable failure,which is lower than the 60%–70%of the gas-free coal.The area of the low-temperature abnormal precursor is approximately 3%–6%,which is higher than the 1%–2%of the gas-free coal.With increasing gas pressure,the area of the high-temperature anomalous precursor gradually decreases,and the area of the low-temperature anomalous precursor gradually increases.The highand low-temperature anomalous precursors of gas-bearing coal are mainly caused by gas desorption,volume expansion,and thermal friction.The presence of gas inhibits the increase in IRT on the coal surface and increases the difficulty of infrared radiation(IR)monitoring and early warning for gas-bearing coal.

Using shape contexts method for registration of contra lateral breasts in thermal images

AIM: To achieve symmetric boundaries for left and right breasts boundaries in thermal images by registration. METHODS: The proposed method for registration consists of two steps. In the first step, shape context, an approach as presented by Belongie and Malik was applied for registration of two breast boundaries. The shape context is an approach to measure shape similarity. Two sets of finite sample points from shape contours of two breasts are then presented. Consequently, the correspondences between the two shapes are found. By finding correspondences, the sample point which has the most similar shape context is obtained. RESULTS: In this study, a line up transformation which maps one shape onto the other has been estimated in order to complete shape. The used of a thin plate spline permitted good estimation of a plane transformation which has capability to map unselective points from one shape onto the other. The obtained aligningtransformation of boundaries points has been applied successfully to map the two breasts interior points. Some of advantages for using shape context method in this work are as follows:(1) no special land marks or key points are needed;(2) it is tolerant to all common shape deformation; and(3) although it is uncomplicated and straightforward to use, it gives remarkably powerful descriptor for point sets significantly upgrading point set registration. Results are very promising. The proposed algorithm was implemented for 32 cases. Boundary registration is done perfectly for 28 cases.CONCLUSION: We used shape contexts method that is simple and easy to implement to achieve symmetric boundaries for left and right breasts boundaries in thermal images.

Applications of Thermal Imaging in Agriculture—A Review

In thermal remote sensing the invisible radiation patterns of objects are converted into visible images and these images are called thermograms or thermal images. Thermal images can be acquired using portable, hand-held or thermal sensors that are coupled with optical systems mounted on an airplane or satellite. This technology is a non-invasive, non-contact and non-destructive technique used to determine thermal properties and features of any object of interest and therefore it can be used in many fields, where heat is generated or lost in space and time. Potential use of thermal remote sensing in agriculture includes nursery and greenhouse monitoring, irrigation scheduling, plants disease detection, estimating fruit yield, evaluating maturity of fruits and bruise detection in fruits and vegetables. This paper reviews the application of thermal imaging in agriculture and its potential use in various agricultural practices.

500 kV输电线路劣化瓷绝缘子非线性发热特性的红外分析

高压输电线路绝缘子串中的劣化件会威胁电网安全。为了研究劣化瓷绝缘子的红外发热特性,设置了一系列实验,研究了劣化绝缘子的电阻、沿串位置和环境相对湿度对红外检测的影响。并对含有两片劣化绝缘子的绝缘子串进行了附加实验,以研究了正常绝缘子和低值绝缘子之间不同的发热现象。利用有限元分析仿真进一步分析了红外图像中钢帽的发热机理。实验和仿真结果表明:劣化绝缘子的温升与阻值呈非线性关系,当电阻为30 MΩ时温升最大;绝缘子串两端的劣化易被检测;相对湿度过高可能会导致误检;正常绝缘子的发热区域是钢帽的下部,瓷件的温度上升1.2℃左右,而对于劣化绝缘子,沿钢帽的温升分布均匀,瓷件的温度与实验前基本一致。相关研究结果为劣化绝缘子的红外检测提供了参考依据。

燃煤锅炉温度场与高温腐蚀气氛场同步在线检测装置开发及应用

燃煤锅炉主燃区燃烧场的经济性、安全性和环保性对于智慧电厂建设具有重要意义。其中,水冷壁近壁面高温腐蚀H_(2)S和CO气体浓度的实时在线监测尤为重要。为实现燃煤锅炉主燃区温度场和高温腐蚀气氛场的同步测量,基于红外热成像原理,采用Optris-PI1M小型红外热成像仪,基于LabVIEW温度实时采集应用软件,在炉膛的观察口对主燃区温度场进行连续监测。以低成本1.5μm附近的通信波段激光器作为测量高温腐蚀气体H_(2)S和CO的激光光源,并结合波长调制光谱技术和频分复用技术,以实现H_(2)S和CO气体浓度的同步检测。线性度实验表明,其线性拟合相关系数为0.9995。将研制的同步检测仪器对某300 MW四角切圆燃煤锅炉的主燃区的温度场和气氛场进行了现场应用试验。现场测试结果表明,锅炉主燃区温度主要分布范围在1300~1400℃,最高温度达到了1500℃;同时得到了锅炉主燃区的H_(2)S和CO浓度分布,H_(2)S浓度在12~125 mg/m^(3)的范围内波动,而CO浓度主要分布在10%~20%之间,最高可达22%;炉内H_(2)S和CO的浓度呈正相关,氧气浓度保持在1%以下,由于厌氧燃烧会导致两种气体的含量增加,从而造成对水冷壁近壁面的高温腐蚀。

基于红外热成像的围护结构热工性能定量检测方法研究进展

综述红外热成像技术在建筑围护结构热工性能定量检测领域的研究成果,介绍国内外定量红外热成像法的理论基础、发展历程以及在量化热工缺陷能量损失中的应用,从构建稳态热流环境、对流辐射换热计算、测试操作选择3个方面总结现场检测的影响因素,归纳图像处理技术在排除光学干扰、辨识热工缺陷、热工信息可视化等方面对红外检测领域的贡献,分析未来红外热成像的应用前景与发展方向。研究表明,红外热成像技术可成为围护结构热工性能定量检测与热工缺陷量化识别的优秀方法。

基于红外热成像的煤矸识别方法研究

基于重介选煤、跳汰选煤、浮选、干法选煤、γ射线检测法的煤矸分选方法投资成本高、分选效率低、环境污染严重,基于CCD相机的煤矸分选方法准确率不高,基于X射线的煤矸分选技术会危害工作人员的健康。红外热成像技术不受光照、粉尘影响,且不会对人体造成伤害。提出了一种基于红外热成像的煤矸识别方法。首先,煤和矸石在传送带的输送下经过加热区域,红外热成像仪监测经均匀加热后的煤和矸石中心点的温度,得到煤和矸石加热后的温度并对经加热区域均匀加热后的煤和矸石进行拍摄,得到煤和矸石的红外灰度图像和红外彩色图像。然后,选用高斯滤波对煤和矸石的红外灰度图像、红外彩色图像进行预处理并提取特征,将红外灰度图像的灰度均值、最大频数对应的灰度值特征和红外彩色图像的G通道一阶矩、G通道二阶矩特征作为分选特征,将上述4个特征作为分类模型的输入。最后,采用支持向量机(SVM)进行分类识别,从而达到识别煤和矸石的目的。实验结果表明:基于红外热成像的煤矸识别方法对烟煤、无烟煤、褐煤的分选准确率均达到了98%以上,有良好的分类效果。

基于水传热和红外热成像的煤矸识别方法

基于可见光图像的煤矸识别方法准确率不高、识别速度慢;基于高能射线透射的煤矸识别方法具有很大辐射导致较少应用。红外热成像具有穿透性强、不受光线影响等优点,但煤和矸石的表面温度在室温下相对接近,导致煤和矸石在红外热图像中没有明显差异,难以获得较好的识别效果。针对上述问题,提出了一种基于水传热和红外热成像的煤矸识别方法。在不同水温(18,21,24,27,30℃)条件下进行煤和矸石红外热成像实验,通过煤和矸石红外热图像和温度变化之间的差异来区分煤和矸石。实验结果表明:不同水温下煤和矸石红外热图像不同,当水温低于环境温度时,煤和矸石红外热图像之间的差异较大;在相同水温条件下,煤和矸石红外热图像之间的差异随着时间增加逐渐增大;煤和矸石表面温度变化均随水温升高和时间增加呈增大趋势,但矸石表面温度变化大于煤表面温度变化;当水温为18℃、时间为180 s时,煤和矸石红外热图像之间差异和温差均达到最大。这说明低温的水可作为一种传热介质,更有利于使煤和矸石之间产生较大的温差,从而实现煤和矸石红外热图像准确、快速识别。

深度学习与图像融合的行人检测算法研究

为解决智能辅助驾驶技术中可见光摄像机受光照和气候影响而导致行人目标识别困难的问题。通过研究图像融合技术,结合深度卷积神经网络,实现并改进了一种道路行人目标检测算法。方法是利用多源传感器图像融合技术,采用可见光相机与红外热成像相机融合的策略,以Faster RCNN算法为基础,从改进网络结构、特征融合、优化模型训练等方面展开研究,对复杂环境下的行人检测与定位跟踪展开研究,提出一种基于图像融合技术和改进的深度卷积神经网络的道路行人目标检测算法。实验结果表明,该算法对复杂气候环境下行人目标检测提高了检测效率和准确率,增加了智能辅助驾驶汽车的安全性。

Canny算子+模糊C聚类融合的红外热成像机场道面积水识别方法

为解决基于积水可见光图片处理时,受光照变化影响大、夜晚及恶劣天气下难以成像,或成像图像质量低到无法识别的问题。提出一种利用红外热成像+图像处理技术进行积水区域识别的方法,利用红外成像技术拍摄道面积水图像克服了传统拍照方式受光照条件限制的缺陷,进一步针对红外成像积水边界边缘模糊、边缘温度分布无明显规律的特征,提出基于Canny算子和模糊C均值聚类的红外图像积水边缘检测融合算法,并利用该算法对实拍积水红外图像进行处理分析,结果表明:该算法对模糊边界有良好的提取效果,图像分割结果与人工标注的实际面积误差在7%以内,且利用像素点的比值能够快速、准确地获取积水面积,为湿滑跑道道面状况评估提供量化支撑,为飞机在湿滑道面上的安全运行提供有效技术支撑。