Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging is a powerful chemical imaging technique. A range of approaches and applications of FT-IR imaging have been developed in both attenuated total reflection (ATR) and transmission modes for a broad range of materials and chemical systems. ATR and transmission approaches are often complementary -providing different advantages depending on the requirements of the system under study with respect to chemical composition, field of view (FOV), or spatial resolution, for instance.FT-IR spectroscopic imaging is achieved by coupling an FT-IR spectrometer with a focal plane array (FPA) detector. Unlike single-element detectors, which provide an average signal from the illuminated sample area, FPA detectors allow the simultaneous detection of spatially resolved spectra across the whole imaged area as shown schematically in Figure 9.1. This powerful approach of coupling FT-IR spectroscopy with FPA detectors and thereby obtaining simultaneous, spatially resolved spectra allows systems to be studied as a function of spectral, spatial, and temporal domains. Since a full spectrum is recorded at each pixel, different chemical species and their relationship with one another can be revealed by studying the resulting images. Generally, the images are prepared by plotting the distribution of the integrated absorbance of a vibrational band of interest and assigning a false color to indicate its relative absorbance. Many images showing the distribution of different components in the sample can be generated from a single imaging measurement simply by post-measurement data analysis. Other parameters such as band position or width can be used to reveal chemical information about the system.Single-element detectors or linear array detectors are capable of building chemical images through point-by-point mapping or raster scanning, respectively. Although this may be sufficient for some applications, the increased time required and the consecutive collection of spectra to build an image may not permit the study of dynamic systems nor is it particularly suitable for high-throughput studies.