title: Spatial correlation coefficient images for ultrasonic detection.
abstract: In ultrasonics, image formation and detection are generally based on signal amplitude. In this paper, we introduce correlation coefficient images as a signal-amplitude independent approach for image formation. The correlation coefficients are calculated between A-scans digitized at adjacent measurement positions. In these images, defects are revealed as regions of high or low correlation relative to the background correlations associated with noise. Correlation coefficient and C-scan images are shown to demonstrate flat-bottom-hole detection in a stainless steel annular ring and crack detection in an aluminum aircraft structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Raina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cepel
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rinker
authors.forename: Donald D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Terrence P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Lerch
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Neal
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*