A novel feature extraction for eddy current testing of steam generator tubes

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 658-663

  Jo, Nam H ^a   Lee, Hyang Beom ^a  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Neural networks; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION; DEFECT CLASSIFICATION; DEFECT SIZE; DEFECT SIZING; DEFECT TYPE; INPUT VECTOR; MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON; PREDICTION ACCURACY; STEAM GENERATOR TUBE;

DEFECTS; DESCALING; EDDY CURRENTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; STEAM GENERATORS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 67650087611     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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