Experiences with synthetic aperture focusing technique in the field

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 731-738

  Schmitz, V ^a   Chakhlov, S ^a   Muller W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRACKS; FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSPECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

REFERENCE REFLECTOR METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE FOCUSING TECHNIQUE (SAFT);

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0033904462     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00219-X     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Prine D.W. Synthetic aperture ultrasonic imaging. Proceedings of Engineering Applications of Holography Symposium. 1972;287 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
2. Burckhardt C.B., Grandchamp P.A., Hoffmann H. Methods for increasing the lateral resolution of B-scan. Green P.S. Acoustical Imaging. Vol. 5:1974;Plenum Press, New York.
3. J.R. Frederick, J.A. Seydel, R.C. Fairchild, Improved Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing of Pressure Vessels, NUREG-0007-2, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1976.
4. J.L. Jackson, Program for Field Validation of the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique for Ultrasonic Testing (SAFT-UT) - Analysis Before Test, NUREG/CR-0288, Southwest Research Institute, 1978.
5. S.R. Doctor, G.J. Schuster, L.D. Reid, T.E. Hall, Real-Time 3D SAFT-UT System Evaluation and Validation, NUREG/CR-6344 PNNL-10571, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1996.
6. V. Schmitz, Line Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique, Report 001, IZFP, University Saarbrücken, February 1981.
7. V. Schmitz, W. Müller, K.J. Langenberg, HOLOSAFT II, Final Report 920206, FHGIZFP, University Saarbrücken, 1992.
8. Kl. Mayer, Ultraschallabbildungsverfahren: Algorithmen, Methoden der Signalverarbeitung und Realisierung, Dissertation des Fachbereiches Elektrotechnik der Universität Kassel, 1990.
9. Cutrona S. Comparison of sonar system performance achievable using synthetic-aperture techniques with the performance available by more conventional means. JASA. 58:(2):1975;336-348.