Denoising ultrasonic pulse-echo signal using two-dimensional analytic wavelet thresholding

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-267

  Hoseini, Mohammad R ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic wavelet thresholding; B scan; Stationary wavelet transform; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

2-D SIGNALS; ANALYTIC SIGNALS; B-SCAN; DE-NOISING; DENOISING METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PULSE ECHOES; RANDOM NOISE; RECEIVED SIGNALS; REFERENCE VECTORS; STATIONARY WAVELET TRANSFORMS; SURFACE-BREAKING CRACK; WAVELET THRESHOLDING;

NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SIGNAL DENOISING;

EID: 84856701354     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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