Thermal imaging — Imaging that detects emitted infrared energy and visualizes temperature differences as a false-color heat map.

Recorded footage & special cameras

Thermal imaging

サーマル映像

Imaging that detects emitted infrared energy and visualizes temperature differences as a false-color heat map.

How to recognise it

  • Distinct false colors for hot and cool regions
  • Heat distribution dominates over surface detail

Different from nearby terms

Night vision sees reflected or actively illuminated infrared light; thermal imaging detects heat emitted by the subject.

Aliases

サーモグラフィー熱画像thermal camera viewinfrared thermography

Words for AI

Englishfalse-color thermal imaging showing heat differences

日本語温度差を疑似色で示すサーマル映像