Published September 11, 2019 | Version v1

Comparison and Fusion of Multi-Sensors Eddy Current Images by Exploiting Hermite-Gaussian Pattern Analysis

  • 1. CEA List
  • 2. Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
  • 3. Newcastle University
  • 4. University of Manchester
  • 5. University of Perugia
  • 6. University of Calabria

Description

Fast detection and reconstruction of defect geometry is one of the main goals of ECT. Inversion of ECT data usually requires high-computational time and resources, hampering the application in on-line or in-situ inspections. In [1-2], it was hypothesized that defects’ patterns in 2D ECT images can be modelled as a 2D convolution between defects’ geometrical shape and a Hermite-Gauss (HG) mode function, which depends on the sensor. By knowing the mode function of a given sensor, it is possible to exploit image deconvolution to increase the SNR of detection and for a fast estimate of the defect shape and dimensions. To do a further step in this direction, in this work various sensors, excitation strategies and analysis methods were used to test a benchmark sample containing known defects. It was confirmed that for all the various configurations, 2D images in time- or frequency- domain are well described by the HG hypothesis.  

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European Commission
NDTonAIR - NDTonAIR: Training Network in Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring of Aircraft structures 722134