Infrared thermographic detection of buried grave sites

Gary J. Weil; Richard J. Graf

doi:10.1117/12.58552

1 April 1992 Infrared thermographic detection of buried grave sites

Gary J. Weil, Richard J. Graf

Proceedings Volume 1682, Thermosense XIV: An Intl Conf on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58552
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Since time began, people have been born and people have died. For a variety of reasons grave sites have had to be located and investigated. These reasons have included legal, criminal, religious, construction and even simple curiosity problems. Destructive testing methods such as shovels and backhoes, have traditionally been used to determine grave site locations in fields, under pavements, and behind hidden locations. These existing techniques are slow, inconvenient, dirty, destructive, visually obtrusive, irritating to relatives, explosive to the media and expensive. A new, nondestructive, non-contact technique, infrared thermography has been developed to address these problems. This paper will describe how infrared thermography works and will be illustrated by several case histories.

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Gary J. Weil and Richard J. Graf "Infrared thermographic detection of buried grave sites", Proc. SPIE 1682, Thermosense XIV: An Intl Conf on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications, (1 April 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58552

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