Segmentation of welding discontinuities using a robust algorithm

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1142-1147

  Carrasco, Miguel ^a   Mery, Domingo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Automatic discontinuity detection; Digital image processing; Welding testing; X ray testing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TESTING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

AUTOMATIC DISCONTINUITY DETECTION; NOISE ATTENTUATION; WELDING TESTING; X-RAY TESTING;

WELDING;

EID: 10044280676     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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