Non-contact ultrasonic sensor and state-of-the-art camera for automated pipe inspection

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Sinha, Sunil K ^a   Iyer, Shivprakash R ^a   Bhardwaj, Mahesh C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Second Wave Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; CCTV Camera; Data Fusion; Images; Inspection; Non Contact Ultrasound; Pipelines

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; NON-CONTACT ULTRASOUND;

CAMERAS; CLAY; CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PIPING SYSTEMS; RADAR IMAGING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SEWERS;

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 1542363533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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