The state of the art of weld seam radiographic testing: Part II, pattern recognition

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 833-838

  Da Silva, Romeu Ricardo ^a   Mery, Domingo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Automatic weld testing; Image analysis; Nondestructive testing; Pattern recognition; Radiography; Weld discontinuities

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOGRAPHY; WELDS;

AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC WELD TESTING; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; IMAGES PROCESSING; LARGE AMOUNTS; RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; STATE OF THE ART; WELD DISCONTINUITY; WELD SEAM;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 38749114565     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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