Real-time full matrix capture for ultrasonic non-destructive testing with acceleration of post-processing through graphic hardware

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Sutcliffe ◽  
Miles Weston ◽  
Ben Dutton ◽  
Peter Charlton ◽  
Kelvin Donne
2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 404-413
Author(s):  
Fabian Zechel ◽  
Rouwen Kunze ◽  
Niels König ◽  
Robert Heinrich Schmitt

AbstractIn this review paper, conventional non-destructive testing (NDT) methods are briefly introduced and compared with selected examples for applications of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for NDT. The contactless, non-destructive and purely optical method enables multi-dimensional imaging for tomographic real-time evaluation in various fields of application. Depending on the material, penetration depths of several millimeters can be achieved, thus providing an attractive solution that can be used both as a stand-alone and as a process-integrated solution.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3993
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Perraud ◽  
Adrien Chopard ◽  
Jean-Paul Guillet ◽  
Pierre Gellie ◽  
Antoine Vuillot ◽  
...  

Terahertz technologies are attracting strong interest from high-end industrial fields, and particularly for non-destructive-testing purposes. Currently lacking compactness, integrability as well as adaptability for those implementations, the development and commercialisation of more efficient sources and detectors progressively ensure the transition toward applicative implementations, especially for real-time full-field imaging. In this work, a flexible illumination system, based on fast beam steering has been developed and characterized. Its primary goal is to suppress interferences induced by the coherence length of certain terahertz sources, spoiling terahertz images. The second goal is to ensure an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio on the detector side by the full use and optimized distribution of the available power. This system provides a homogeneous and adjustable illumination through a simplified setup to guarantee optimum real-time imaging capabilities, tailored to the sample under inspection. Working toward industrial implementations, different illumination process are conveniently assessed as a result of the versatility of this method.


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