Campus Units
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-2007
Journal or Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Volume
55
Issue
1
First Page
372
Last Page
378
DOI
10.1109/TSP.2006.882064
Abstract
We develop a hierarchical Bayesian approach for estimating defect signals from noisy measurements and apply it to nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials. We propose a parametric model for the shape of the defect region and assume that the defect signals within this region are random with unknown mean and variance. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms are derived for simulating from the posterior distributions of the model parameters and defect signals. These algorithms are then utilized to identify potential defect regions and estimate their size and reflectivity parameters. Our approach provides Bayesian confidence regions (credible sets) for the estimated parameters, which are important in NDE applications. We specialize the proposed framework to elliptical defect shape and Gaussian signal and noise models and apply it to experimental ultrasonic C-scan data from an inspection of a cylindrical titanium billet. We also outline a simple classification scheme for separating defects from nondefects using estimated mean signals and areas of the potential defects
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Copyright Owner
IEEE
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
File Format
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Recommended Citation
Dogandžić, Aleksandar and Zhang, Benhong, "Bayesian NDE Defect Signal Analysis" (2007). Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications. 135.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ece_pubs/135
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article from IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 55 (2007): 372, doi:10.1109/TSP.2006.882064. Posted with permission.