Automated detection and segmentation of internal defects in reinforced concrete using deep learning on ultrasonic images

ST Kuchipudi, D Ghosh - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Periodic inspection of concrete structures for detecting internal defects through
nondestructive imaging is recommended for ensuring structural safety and integrity …

DefectDet: A deep learning architecture for detection of defects with extreme aspect ratios in ultrasonic images

D Medak, L Posilović, M Subašić, M Budimir… - Neurocomputing, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a set of techniques used for material inspection and
detection of defects. Ultrasonic testing (UT) is one of the NDT techniques, commonly used to …

Mathematical morphology for TOFD image analysis and automatic crack detection

T Merazi-Meksen, M Boudraa, B Boudraa - Ultrasonics, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to automate the interpretation of ultrasonic images during the non-
destructive testing (NDT) technique called time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) to aid in decision …

Parabola detection using matched filtering for ultrasound B-scans

PA Petcher, S Dixon - Ultrasonics, 2012 - Elsevier
Time of flight diffraction (ToFD) outputs B-scans using an ultrasound emitter and receiver at
a constant separation, scanned over a sample surface parallel to the line between the …

A Deep Learning-Based Ultrasonic Diffraction Data Analysis Method for Accurate Automatic Crack Sizing

Q Fei, J Cao, W Xu, L Jiang, J Zhang, H Ding, J Yan - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This study belongs to the field of intelligent non-destructive testing and
proposes a CNN-based method for accurate quantification of defect characterized by …

A modified Hough transform for removal of direct and reflected surface waves from B-scans

PA Petcher, S Dixon - NDT & E International, 2011 - Elsevier
Time of flight diffraction (ToFD) B-scans may contain horizontal lines from surface waves
propagating directly from emitter to receiver and angled lines after a reflection off a surface …

Towards automatic analysis of ultrasonic time-of-flight diffraction data using genetic-based Inverse Hough Transform

K Maalmi, R Benslimane… - Insight-Non …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOFD) is a nondestructive inspection technique that
has proved to be very effective for the detection, localisation and sizing of buried crack …

Gradient-based Hough transform for the detection and characterization of defects during nondestructive inspection

LFCLY Voon, P Bolland, O Laligant… - Machine Vision …, 1997 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Ultrasonic non-destructive inspection is today a routine method in industries for the
detection, localization and sizing of surface and buried defects in engineering structures …

[图书][B] Persistent homology for defect detection in non-destructive evaluation of materials

JF Cuenca, A Iske - 2016 - ndt.net
Persistent homology for defect detection in non-destructive evaluation of materials Page 1 José
Cuenca and Armin Iske 24 November 2015 Persistent homology for defect detection in …

Detecting parabolas in ultrasound B-scan images with genetic-based inverse voting Hough transform

K Maalmi, A El Ouaazizi, R Benslimane… - … , Speech, and Signal …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we propose a Genetic-Based Inverse Voting Hough Transform (GBIVHT)
method for detecting parabolic shapes iii B-scan images obtained by the ultrasonic Time Of …