I am scheduled to attend a thermographic imaging seminar in four weeks. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive resource I could get to help me at least understand the terminology and give me a little preparatory back ground?
Thanks.

Start here:

FLIR Info page

Then head to the 'More Info' links on the right side of the page.

Good luck in your training.

Go here and download the file "Principles of IR Theory". It is somewhere around 1.7 MB. A good place to start.
http://www.mikroninfrared.com/new/support-manuals.shtml

Also go to snellinfrared.com and look for backissues of thinking thermally newletter.

Also go to www.infraredtraining.com and look for backissues of inframation newsletter.

These are good, quick online suggestions. If you'd like to get a text that is a good overview, Herb Kaplan's book is $40 from SPIE, and you can order it online in-stock.

SPIE Bookstore

Rich Wurzbach
Maintenance Reliability Group, LLC
rwurzbach@mrgcorp.com

Another good resource:
www.snellinfrared.com

Rich has some good case studies at his site including infrared applications for power plants at:

http://www.mrgcorp.com/white_papers.asp?aID=1037