An automatic system of classification of weld defects in radiographic images

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Vilar, Rafael ^a   Zapata, Juan ^a   Ruiz, Ramón ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANN; Automated inspection; Image processing; Weldment; X rays

Indexed keywords

ANN; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; AUTOMATED INSPECTION; AUTOMATIC DETECTIONS; AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENTS; DEFECT SHAPES; FEATURE VARIABLES; GENERALISATION; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HIDDEN LAYERS; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; INPUT LAYERS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; THRESHOLDING; WELD DEFECTS; WELDING DEFECTS; WELDMENT; X-RAYS;

BACKPROPAGATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WELDING; WELDS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 67349284053     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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