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This study proposes a cold infrared thermography method for screening corroded pipes and identifies effective indicators for different cooling-affected regions. Experiments were performed using three non-corroded and five salt-spray-corroded SPVHS-grade specimens and three field-corroded specimens. After a cooling stimulus was applied using an ice pack, time-series mean surface-temperature data were acquired using an infrared camera. For the direct cooling region, the recovery phase was fitted with an exponential model to estimate the time constant (\u03c4). For the indirect cooling region, located approximately 50 mm from the direct cooling region, the cooling phase was fitted with a linear model to obtain R2 and the root mean square error (RMSE). Mean \u03c4 was consistently higher in the non-corroded group than in the combined corroded group across all four environmental conditions. 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