thermal imaging

noun

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

Example Sentences

Drones were being used to acquire thermal imaging of the blaze and assist the emergency response, authorities said.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

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.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

He also said he wants to expand the LAFD’s technological capabilities and better deploy the equipment it already has, such as the thermal imaging cameras and heat-detecting drones that officials did not deploy during the Lachman fire mop-up.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“We are now requiring them to be used, and we’re not picking up any type of hose until we know that we’ve been able to identify with the use of the drone and thermal imaging cameras to ensure that those surface hot spots are all taken care of,” he said.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Taiwan's coastguard conducts law enforcement patrols around Kinmen 24 hours a day, assisted by coastal radar and thermal imaging systems to detect Chinese fishing boats, smugglers and swimmers.

Read more on Barron's