A system comprising: an imaging component including a set of imaging devices configured to acquire image data based on infrared emissions of at least one vehicle component of a vehicle moving through a field of view of at least one of the set of imaging devices, wherein the infrared emissions are within the mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) radiation spectrum; wherein an imaging device in the set of imaging devices includes a lead selenide detector enabling high speed imaging and a thermoelectric cooler for maintaining an operating temperature of the lead selenide detector at a target operating temperature; and a computer system for evaluating the at least one vehicle component based on the image data, wherein the evaluating includes: generating temperature measurement data based on the image data acquired by the set of imaging devices; and evaluating the at least one vehicle component using the temperature measurement data, characterized in that the thermoelectric cooler is a two or three stage thermoelectric cooler which is capable of reducing the operating temperature to values below -25°C down to approximately -80°C, and, the computer system is further configured to operate the thermoelectric cooler to maintain the operating temperature of the high speed infrared detector to within 0.01 degrees Celsius of the target operating temperature. an imaging component including a set of imaging devices configured to acquire image data based on infrared emissions of at least one vehicle component of a vehicle moving through a field of view of at least one of the set of imaging devices, wherein the infrared emissions are within the mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) radiation spectrum; wherein an imaging device in the set of imaging devices includes a lead selenide detector enabling high speed imaging and a thermoelectric cooler for maintaining an operating temperature of the lead selenide detector at a target operating temperature; and a computer system for evaluating the at least one vehicle component based on the image data, wherein the evaluating includes: generating temperature measurement data based on the image data acquired by the set of imaging devices; and evaluating the at least one vehicle component using the temperature measurement data, characterized in that the thermoelectric cooler is a two or three stage thermoelectric cooler which is capable of reducing the operating temperature to values below -25°C down to approximately -80°C, and, the computer system is further configured to operate the thermoelectric cooler to maintain the operating temperature of the high speed infrared detector to within 0.01 degrees Celsius of the target operating temperature. generating temperature measurement data based on the image data acquired by the set of imaging devices; and evaluating the at least one vehicle component using the temperature measurement data, characterized in that the thermoelectric cooler is a two or three stage thermoelectric cooler which is capable of reducing the operating temperature to values below -25°C down to approximately -80°C, and, the computer system is further configured to operate the thermoelectric cooler to maintain the operating temperature of the high speed infrared detector to within 0.01 degrees Celsius of the target operating temperature. <EOS>