Thermal Imaging Camera Thermal Sensitivity - NETD

The thermal sensitivity for an infrared camera is measured in milliKelvins (mK). The scale of sensitivity is more sensitive at the lower end, meaning that 38 mK is nearly 3 times as sensitive as a 100 mK. The thermal sensitivity can be an extremely important factor when deciding what camera to buy. The lower the sensitivity, the more accurate the camera can be as well as producing more detailed images. Highly sensitive thermal imaging cameras will show more color / temperature differences. Thermal sensitivity has a direct correlation with the accuracy of the thermal camera as well.

Depending on the type of application, thermal sensitivity can play an extremely important role in providing accurate, detailed images and video for any industry or research requiring a high accuracy.

Quite simply, the best sensitivity of any camera we offer comes from our cooled Mirage Pro thermal imaging camera. At 14 mK, the Mirage offers the highest sensitivity of any infrared camera that we currently offer.

Our award winning ICI 7320 comes with this outstanding thermal sensitivity of 38 mK. The accuracy and detail are highly sought after by researchers, doctors, military, and scientists world wide. ICI offers many variations of our ICI 7320 with various calibrations for industry, research, and medical. We believe that this is the most sensitive uncooled thermal imaging camera in the world!

We currently only offer our ICI 7640 at the 50 Mk thermal sensitivity. With a resolution of 640 x 480, the 50 mK helps produce highly accurate and detailed images and video in a large format. At 50 mK this camera is still considered highly sensitive and accurate.

At an amazing 60 mK sensitivity, our ToughCam Pro hand held thermal imaging camera stands out as very versatile, sensitive and accurate portable thermal imager. Perfect for light research, medical, inspections, process control, electrical inspections, etc.

A large portion of the thermal imaging cameras we offer at Infrared Cameras Inc., have this 65 mK thermal sensitivity. Many of our fix- mounted and pan and tilt thermal imaging cameras come with 65 mK including our very popular Centurion. At 65mK a large amount of detail and accuracy is possible, making this sensitivity very viable for medical applications as well as all industry applications.

At the 80 mK mark, we tend to find more cameras suited for security, electrical, and industrial applications where an extreme sensitivity is not necessary. Our Duracam 320 has a thermal sensitivity of 80 mK making a perfect camera for viewing electrical, mechanical, and other industrial applications where a high sensitivity is not necessity.

Coming in at the lower end of the thermal sensitivity spectrum are some of our process control and security thermal imaging pan and tilit camera units. When an application requires the ability to view and measure temperature accurately in most industrial settings, a ICI X20 pan and tilt unit can be an inexpensive solution.

The least sensitive camera we offer is our ToughCam Entry Level (EL) thermal imaging camera, which is also the least expensive camera we offer. The ToughCam EL has many of the same benefits of the ToughCam Pro with half the sensitivity. An extremely good value for beginning thermographers, inspectors, etc. While not the most accurate, the differences in temperatures are still visible and the sensitivity is more than accurate enough for most types of inspections, where extreme accuracy is not as needed as the ability to view temperature differences (such as electrical). A very inexpensive solution for many thermographers.