Inverse wave field extrapolation: A different NDI approach to imaging defects

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-127

  Pörtzgen, Niels ^a   Gisolf, Dries ^b   Blacquière, Gerrit ^c  

^a Röntgen Technische Dienst ^*  (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Technisch Natuurwentenschappelijk Onderzoek Science and Industry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

INVERSE WAVE FIELD EXTRAPOLATION; SEISMIC EXPLORATION; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS;

EXTRAPOLATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846315062     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.217     Document Type: Article

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