Advances in Signal Processing for Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Signal extraction and conditionning

   1. Intelligent Signal Processing

      • Simon Haykin

      Pages 1-12

   2. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) in Nondestructive Inspection

      • C. Nockemann, G.-R. Tillack, H. Wessel, H. Heidt, V. Konchina

      Pages 13-30

   3. Compensation Of Ultrasonic Transducers Response By Adapting Excitation Signals, Application To Defects Evaluation

      • J. F. De Belleval, J. M. Gherbezza, P. Jagnoux

      Pages 31-42

   4. Statistical Method to Evaluate the Amplitude of Cyclical Noisy Signal in IR Thermography

      • S. Offermann, E. Merienne, J. L. Beaudoin

      Pages 43-48

   5. Quasi Frequency Diversity Processing of Ultrasonic Signals — A Review

      • T. Stepinski, L. Ericsson, B. J. I. Eriksson, M. G. Gustafsson

      Pages 49-58

3. On algorithm formulations

   1. Specific Features of NDT Data and Processing Algorithms: New Remedies to Old Ills

      • B. Georgel

      Pages 59-70

   2. Edge Detectors Using Greco-Latin Squares

      • Yagnesh C. Trivedi, Ludwik Kurz

      Pages 71-83

   3. Digital Image Processing In Holographic NondeStructive Testing (HNDT)

      • W. Jüptner, W. Osten

      Pages 85-101

   4. Design of Morphological Processors for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials — A Review

      • J. Saniie, M. A. Mohamed, K. K. Chin

      Pages 103-116

   5. Materials NDE by Non Linear Filtering Applying Heat Transfer Models

      • E. Grinzato, S. Marinetti

      Pages 117-132

   6. The Influence of Image Digitisation and Calibration of a Scanning System Upon Weld Inspection

      • Hannelore Wessel, Christina Nockemann, Gerd-Rüdiger Tillack

      Pages 133-144

   7. New Developments In The Detection Of Defects By Photothermal Thermography

      • R. Danjoux, D. Collet, J. L. Beaudoin

      Pages 145-160

4. Direct and inverse problems

   1. Advances In Signal Inversion With Applications To Infrared Thermography

      • V. P. Vavilov

      Pages 161-184

   2. Use of Finite Difference Method for Predicting Propagation of Ultrasonic Waves in Solids

      • D. Kishoni

      Pages 185-185

5. Signal processing in thermal NDE

   1. Inverse Scattering of Pulsed Thermal Waves

      • L. D. Favro, D. J. Crowther, P. K. Kuo, R. L. Thomas

      Pages 187-191

   2. Informative Parameters and Noise in Transient Thermal NDT

      • V. Vavilov, P. G. Bison, C. Bressan, E. Grinzato, S. Marinettl

      Pages 193-207

   3. On Methods for Shape Correction and Reconstruction in Thermographic NDE

      • X. Maldague, E. Barker, A. Nouah, E. Boisvert, B. Dufort, L. Fortin et al.

      Pages 209-224

6. Artificial Intelligence

   1. Use of Neural Networks and Expert Systems for Evaluation

      • Kevin Warwick

      Pages 225-240

   2. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Nondestructive Evaluation

      • C. H. Chen

      Pages 241-249

Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) is now playing an increasing role in our modern global economy; in security sensitive industries, for instance. The complexity of the inspection task and either large or limited lot runs now require more operator-assisted or fully- automated signal processing. This book deals with both fields of expertise: NDE and signal processing.
On the signal processing side, in the particular context of NDE applications, the following topics are discussed: sensor fusion, signal knowledge representation, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, computer vision, integration of numeric and non-numeric informations, parallel decomposition, noise processing and calibration of sensor devices as well as reliability of detection. Some hardware considerations are introduced as well, to discuss platforms on which processing is done.
On the NDE side, applications include advances in holographic interferometry, microwave resonance or shearography and also on more traditional NDE techniques such as ultrasonics, infrared techniques, X-ray, computed tomography, Eddy currents. Inverse problems are also discussed.
This book is required reading for those who already have some experience in one or both fields (signal processing and/or NDE).

• Processing
• algorithms
• artificial intelligence
• complexity
• computed tomography (CT)
• computer vision
• fuzzy
• fuzzy logic
• information
• intelligence
• interferometry
• knowledge representation
• security
• ultrasound

• Electrical Engineering Department, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada

  X. P. V. Maldague

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