Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 53, Issue 7, 20240144(2024)

Research progress of laser thermography non-destructive testing (invited)

Yunze HE1, Qi CHEN1, Hongjin WANG1、*, Baoyuan DENG1, Ruizhen YANG2, and Yaonan WANG1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 2College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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    Received: Apr. 1, 2024

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    Published Online: Aug. 9, 2024

    The Author Email: Hongjin WANG (hjwang_2018@hnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20240144

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