A comparative evaluation of different segmentation techniques to detect flaws in weldments radiographically

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 542-551

  Rathod, V R ^a   Anand, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Morphological edge detection; Multistage watershed transformation; Radiographic images; Region growing; Segmentation; Weld flaws

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL EDGE DETECTION; MULTISTAGE WATERSHED TRANSFORMATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; REGION GROWING; WELD FLAWS;

CRACK DETECTION; EDGE DETECTION; FAULT DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FUZZY LOGIC; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SLAGS; WELDING; WELDS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84856722704     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: 17544904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2011.53.10.542     Document Type: Article

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