Application of Hilbert-Huang transform for improved defect detection in terahertz NDE of Shuttle tiles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5767, Issue , 2005, Pages 356-362

  Anastasi, Robert F ^a   Madaras, Eric I ^b  

^a US Army Research Laboratory Hampton   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hilbert Huang Transform; Nondestructive Evaluation; Signal Processing; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORM; OPTICAL EXCITATION; SHUTTLE TILES; TERAHERTZ;

DEFECTS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPACE SHUTTLES; ULTRASONICS;

TILE;

EID: 25644447973     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.600570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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