Deconvolution of ultrasonic signals using a convolutional neural network

A Chapon, D Pereira, M Toews, P Belanger - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Successfully employing ultrasonic testing to distinguish a flaw in close proximity to another
flaw or geometrical feature depends on the wavelength and the bandwidth of the ultrasonic …

An adaptive sparse deconvolution method for distinguishing the overlapping echoes of ultrasonic guided waves for pipeline crack inspection

Y Chang, Y Zi, J Zhao, Z Yang, W He… - … Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In guided wave pipeline inspection, echoes reflected from closely spaced reflectors
generally overlap, meaning useful information is lost. To solve the overlapping problem …

Resolution enhancement in ultrasonic TOFD imaging by combining sparse deconvolution and synthetic aperture focusing technique (Sparse-SAFT)

X Sun, L Lin, S Jin - Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2022 - Springer
The shallow subsurface defects are difficult to be identified and quantified by ultrasonic time-
of-flight diffraction (TOFD) due to the low resolution induced by pulse width and beam …

Improving time resolution of ultrasonic signals with frequency-domain sparse blind deconvolution (FSBD) method

X Sun, L Lin, SJ Jin - Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 2022 - Springer
The improvement of time resolution is commonly concerned in ultrasonic testing, while the
reference signal significantly influences the decoupling and interpretation of multiple …

Increasing axial resolution of ultrasonic imaging with a joint sparse representation model

J Duan, H Zhong, B Jing, S Zhang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The axial resolution of ultrasonic imaging is confined by the temporal width of acoustic pulse
generated by the transducer, which has a limited bandwidth. Deconvolution can eliminate …

Fast and efficient computing for deep learning-based defect detection models in lightweight devices

A Fişne, A Kalay, S Eken - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2024 - Springer
Defect anomaly detection is beneficial in the production cycle of various industries. It is
widely used in areas such as metal surface and fabric industries. This paper focuses on …

Comparison on PMT waveform reconstructions with JUNO prototype

HQ Zhang, ZM Wang, YP Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
JUNO is a 20 kton underground liquid scintillator detector aiming to determine the neutrino
mass hierarchy and neutrino measurements. A prototype of JUNO is designed and set up for …

Sparse deconvolution method for ultrasound images based on automatic estimation of reference signals

H Jin, K Yang, S Wu, H Wu, J Chen - Ultrasonics, 2016 - Elsevier
Sparse deconvolution is widely used in the field of non-destructive testing (NDT) for
improving the temporal resolution. Generally, the reference signals involved in sparse …

A model-based regularized inverse method for ultrasonic B-scan image reconstruction

H Wu, J Chen, S Wu, H Jin, K Yang - Measurement Science and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasonic B-scan imaging is affected by the acoustic diffraction and electrical effects in
nondestructive testing (NDT), resulting in insufficient lateral and temporal resolution for …

Axial super-resolution in ultrasound imaging with application to non-destructive evaluation

SK Shastri, S Rudresh, R Anand, S Nagesh… - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
A fundamental challenge in non-destructive evaluation using ultrasound is to accurately
estimate the thicknesses of different layers or cracks present in the object under …