Photographic inspection techniques have become technically more sophisticated in recent years with the development of advanced equipment for the mass consumer market. High quality digital cameras, for example, are now available around the world. Combined with an appropriate image analysis program on a personal computer, there is now the ability to produce and analyze high quality photographs with a modest level of resources. This report is the summary of a variety of efforts, all aimed at investigating the application of commonly available, mass-market photographic and computer equipment to photographic inspection and analysis of equipment and items. It contains results of equipment test and evaluation as well as a few selected example applications.
Revised: April 1, 2003 |
Published: January 22, 2003