Comparative analysis of NDE techniques with image processing

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-326

  Rathod, Vijay R ^a   Anand, R S ^a   Ashok, Alaknanda ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

morphological edge detection; multistage watershed transformation; radiographic images; region growing; segmentation; standard NDT methods; weld flaws

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL EDGE DETECTION; NDT METHODS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; REGION GROWING; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATIONS; WELD FLAWS;

AUTOMATION; CRACKS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SLAGS; WELDING; WELDS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 84868122842     PISSN: 10589759     EISSN: 14772671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10589759.2011.645820     Document Type: Article

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