NDE weld defect detection and feature extraction using segmentation approach

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 286-304

  Rathod, Vijay R ^a   Anand, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Radiographic images weld flaw; Region growing and morphological edge detection; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455174277     PISSN: 17550386     EISSN: 17550394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAIP.2011.043432     Document Type: Article

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