A novel signal processing technique for eddy-current testing of steam generator tubes

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 642-648

  Chen, Gangzhu ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsunori ^a   Miya, Kenzo ^b  

^a Japan Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defects; Eddy current testing; Noise; Nondefect signals; Signal processing; Steam generator tubes; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STEAM GENERATORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

STEAM GENERATOR TUBES;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 0032075061     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.668059     Document Type: Article

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