Thermal imaging to screen for elevated skin temperature

The FLIR Systems product line-up includes a wide variety of thermal imaging cameras that can be employed for detecting people with elevated skin temperature. The FLIR A320 Tempscreen, however, was specially developed for thermal screening in high-traffic applications.

The thermal imaging camera automatically detects the hottest temperature in an area, set by the operator. A colour alarm makes it simple to determine whether a person requires further screening.

A thermal imaging camera creates infrared images or heat pictures that show small temperature differences. This enables thermal cameras to produce and continually update a visual heat map of skin temperatures. Also, these cameras are sensitive devices able to measure small temperature differences.

Many of the thermal cameras that are suitable for measuring skin temperatures also allow built-in functions like visual and sound alarms that can be set to go off when a specific temperature threshold is passed. As the camera delivers images in near-realtime, the total evaluation process takes moments, making thermal imaging technology particularly useful for quickly screening large numbers of people.