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Reporting of thermography parameters in biology : a systematic review of thermal imaging literature. / Harrap, Mike; Hempel de Ibarra, Natalie; Whitney, Heather; Rands, Sean.
In: Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5, 181281, 12.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reporting of thermography parameters in biology
T2 - a systematic review of thermal imaging literature
AU - Harrap, Mike
AU - Hempel de Ibarra, Natalie
AU - Whitney, Heather
AU - Rands, Sean
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Infrared thermography, where temperature measurements are made with infrared cameras, has proven to be a very useful and widely-used tool in biological science. Several thermography parameters are critical to the proper operation of thermal cameras and the accuracy of measurements, and these must usually be provided to the camera. Failure to account for these parameters may lead to less accurate measurements. Furthermore, the failure to provide information of parameter choices in reports may compromise appraisal of accuracy and replicate studies. In this review we investigate how well biologists report thermography parameters. This is done through a systematic review of biological thermography literature that included articles published between years 2007 and 2017. We found that in primary biological thermography papers, which make some kind of quantitative temperature measurement, 48% fail to report values used for emissivity (an object’s capacity to emit thermal radiation relative to a black body radiator), which is the minimum level of reporting that should take place. This finding highlights the need for life scientists to take into account and report key parameter information when carrying out thermography, in the future.
AB - Infrared thermography, where temperature measurements are made with infrared cameras, has proven to be a very useful and widely-used tool in biological science. Several thermography parameters are critical to the proper operation of thermal cameras and the accuracy of measurements, and these must usually be provided to the camera. Failure to account for these parameters may lead to less accurate measurements. Furthermore, the failure to provide information of parameter choices in reports may compromise appraisal of accuracy and replicate studies. In this review we investigate how well biologists report thermography parameters. This is done through a systematic review of biological thermography literature that included articles published between years 2007 and 2017. We found that in primary biological thermography papers, which make some kind of quantitative temperature measurement, 48% fail to report values used for emissivity (an object’s capacity to emit thermal radiation relative to a black body radiator), which is the minimum level of reporting that should take place. This finding highlights the need for life scientists to take into account and report key parameter information when carrying out thermography, in the future.
KW - thermography
KW - thermal camera
KW - infrared
KW - emissivity
KW - temperature measurement
U2 - 10.1098/rsos.181281
DO - 10.1098/rsos.181281
M3 - Article
VL - 5
JO - Royal Society Open Science
JF - Royal Society Open Science
SN - 2054-5703
M1 - 181281
ER -