• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 53, Issue 7, 20240144 (2024)
Yunze HE1, Qi CHEN1, Hongjin WANG1,*, Baoyuan DENG1..., Ruizhen YANG2 and Yaonan WANG1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 2College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20240144 Cite this Article
    Yunze HE, Qi CHEN, Hongjin WANG, Baoyuan DENG, Ruizhen YANG, Yaonan WANG. Research progress of laser thermography non-destructive testing (invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2024, 53(7): 20240144 Copy Citation Text show less
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