A. Brook, E. Cristofani, M. Vandewal, C. Matheis, J. Jonuscheit
Recently, there has been a significant interest in employing$nhigh frequency radar imagery for many industrial oriented and security$napplications. The quality control of aeronautics composite multi-layered$nmaterials and structures through Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is the$nmain focus of this study. The main motivations for using this technology$nare: it allows penetration of most non-metal and non-polarized$nmaterials, it provides the ability for three-dimensional (3-D) imagery$nand in-depth information, and the millimeter waves (mmW) pose no health$nrisk to the operator. The main goal of this research is to develop an$nintegrated, semi-automatic and near real-time mode-operated image$nprocessing methodology for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW)$nmillimeter wave images with center frequencies around 100 GHz and 300$nGHz. The proposed methodology firstly foresees to process reflectance$nand transmittance 3-D imagery by extracting areas of interest and$nobject's boundaries at two operated frequencies. Then, the detected$nareas are subjected to a multi-source database and integrated by a$ndecision tree algorithm. The fused information is used to identify$ndefects and in-homogeneities within the objects. Finally, the$npost-processing phase examines and evaluates the spatial accuracy of the$nextracted information.
Brook, A, Cristofani, E, Vandewal, M, Matheis, C & Jonuscheit, J 2012, 3-D radar image processing methodology for non-destructive testing of aeronautics composite materials and structures. in IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings. Atlanta, USA, pp. 0806-0811, 2012 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarCon), Atlanta, United States, 7/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2012.6212248
Brook, A., Cristofani, E., Vandewal, M., Matheis, C., & Jonuscheit, J. (2012). 3-D radar image processing methodology for non-destructive testing of aeronautics composite materials and structures. In IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings (pp. 0806-0811). https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2012.6212248
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title = "3-D radar image processing methodology for non-destructive testing of aeronautics composite materials and structures",
abstract = "Recently, there has been a significant interest in employing$nhigh frequency radar imagery for many industrial oriented and security$napplications. The quality control of aeronautics composite multi-layered$nmaterials and structures through Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is the$nmain focus of this study. The main motivations for using this technology$nare: it allows penetration of most non-metal and non-polarized$nmaterials, it provides the ability for three-dimensional (3-D) imagery$nand in-depth information, and the millimeter waves (mmW) pose no health$nrisk to the operator. The main goal of this research is to develop an$nintegrated, semi-automatic and near real-time mode-operated image$nprocessing methodology for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW)$nmillimeter wave images with center frequencies around 100 GHz and 300$nGHz. The proposed methodology firstly foresees to process reflectance$nand transmittance 3-D imagery by extracting areas of interest and$nobject's boundaries at two operated frequencies. Then, the detected$nareas are subjected to a multi-source database and integrated by a$ndecision tree algorithm. The fused information is used to identify$ndefects and in-homogeneities within the objects. Finally, the$npost-processing phase examines and evaluates the spatial accuracy of the$nextracted information.",
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