Approximate inverse mapping in ECT, based on aperture shifting and neural network regression

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-221

  Popa, Radu C ^a   Miya, Kenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture; Eddy current testing; Inverse mapping; Neural network; Principal components

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CRACKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

APERTURE SHIFTING; INVERSE MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORK REGRESSION;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

APERTURE SHIFTING; INVERSE MAPPING;

EID: 0032274115     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022676621712     Document Type: Article

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