Pattern recognition of weld defects in preprocessed TOFD signals using linear classifiers

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Moura, Elineudo P ^a   Silva, Romeu R ^b   Siqueira, Marcio H S ^b   Rebello, João Marcos A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Non destructive testing; Pattern recognition; TOFD; Wavelet Transform; Welding defects

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POROSITY; STEEL; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WELDING;

AUTOMATIC WELD INSPECTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT DIFFRACTION (TOFD); WELDING DEFECTS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 12944295082     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10921-004-0822-4     Document Type: Article

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