thermal imaging

British  

noun

1. the use of heat-sensitive equipment to detect or provide images of people or things

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thermal imaging

Meanwhile, thermal imaging equipment is carried by some teams and can be used to locate people "not directly in a rescuer's line of sight", says Selvakumaran.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Using a combination of thermal imaging, behavioral monitoring, materials science techniques, and chemical analysis, the scientists examined the environments where queens are raised.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Kyiv plundered warehouses for veteran Soviet antiaircraft guns and fitted heavy machine guns, some almost a century old, with thermal imaging systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Fire officials also acknowledged to The Times that the department did not use thermal imaging technology to determine whether the earlier Lachman fire was extinguished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

In addition, agents use a growing arsenal of technology: helicopters, night-vision goggles, thermal imaging that picks up body heat, and seismic sensors that detect footsteps along immigrant trails.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario