The Impact of Thermal Imaging Camera Display Quality on Fire Fighter Task Performance

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dc.contributor.advisorMowrer, Frederick W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Justin Lawrenceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-02T05:54:26Z
dc.date.available2009-07-02T05:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractThermal imaging cameras (TIC) have become a vital fire fighting tool for the first responder community but there are currently no standardized quality control regulations. The purpose of the study was to understand the impact of TIC display image quality on a fire fighter's ability to perform a hazard recognition task. Test subjects were asked to identify a fire hazard by observing infrared images. The image matrix considered the interactions of several image characteristics including contrast, brightness, spatial resolution, and noise. The results were used to create a model function to predict the effect of image quality on user performance. This model was recommended to be incorporated in image quality test methods in development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These recommendations will also be provided to the National Fire Protection Association for use in an upcoming standard on fire fighting TIC.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9208
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCameraen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhazarden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImageen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledModelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledThermalen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Thermal Imaging Camera Display Quality on Fire Fighter Task Performanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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