PTR 9000, a system for large dynamic digitisation and real-time recording of infrared images: applications to the nondestructive testing of materials by photothermography

CEDIP 13S has designed the RTIS 8902 under license of ONERA, a Pc compatible system for the digital recording of infrared images in real time and over a large dynamic of digitization (12 bits). The RTIS 8902 operates with AGEMA cameras, an extension to JI1FRAMETRICS camera is currently under development The unit is able to store to hard disk evezy infrared image from a single camera or a dual camera, the maximum storage time is related to the hard disk capacity and is about 10 minutes for a 600 MBytes hard disic Several applications for the RTIS 8902 have already been developed among whose infrared signature analysis, combustion analysis and nondestructive testing of matezials. The present paper describes a commercially available equipment, the PTR 9000, developped and build with the RTLS 8902 unit, and dedicated to the NDT of materials.