Gradient-based Hough transform for the detection and characterization of defects during non-destructive inspection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3029, Issue , 1997, Pages 140-146

  Lew Yan Voon, L F C ^a   Holland, P ^a   Laligant, O ^a   Gorria, P ^a   Gremillet, B ^b   Pillet, L ^b  

^a Le2i   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Crack defects; Gradient based discrete hough transform; Image processing; Non destructive inspection by ultrasounds; Ultrasonic time of flight diffraction (T.O.F.D.) inspection technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CRACKS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION;

CRACK DEFECTS; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; GRADIENT BASED; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS; INSPECTION TECHNIQUE; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 78650244631     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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