ARRAY IMAGING OF NOISY MATERIALS

P. D. Wilcox

doi:10.1063/1.3591941

ARRAY IMAGING OF NOISY MATERIALS

P. D. Wilcox

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Abstract

The ultimate limit on ultrasonic defect detectability is the coherent noise due to material backscatter. A model of such noise in ultrasonic array images is developed based on the single scattering assumption. The implications of the model are discussed and supported with some experimental examples. In the case of a copper specimen, it is shown that an improvement in signal to coherent noise ratio of over 30 dB can be obtained by optimization of imaging parameters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, VOLS 30A AND 30B
Editors	DO Thompson, DE Chimenti
Place of Publication	MELVILLE
Publisher	American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Pages	890-897
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7354-0888-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3591941
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	37th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2010) - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 18 Jul 2010 → 23 Jul 2010 Conference number: 37

Conference

Conference	37th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2010)
Abbreviated title	QNDE 2010
Country	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	18/07/10 → 23/07/10

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Wilcox, PD 2011, ARRAY IMAGING OF NOISY MATERIALS. in DO Thompson & DE Chimenti (eds), REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, VOLS 30A AND 30B. American Institute of Physics (AIP), MELVILLE, pp. 890-897, 37th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2010), San Diego, CA, United States, 18/07/10. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3591941

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