Segmentation of weld defects in radiographs using rank-levelling and background subtraction

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-194

  Soo, S L ^a   Ratnam, M M ^a   Samad, Z ^a   Khalid, M A ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Defect segmentation; Rank levelling; Weld radiograph

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFECTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; POLYNOMIALS; WELDS;

BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION METHOD; RANK-LEVELLING; WELD RADIOGRAPH;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 42649093760     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2008.50.4.188     Document Type: Article

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