Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1992
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
Private, government and commercial sectors of the manufacturing world are plagued with imperfect materials, defective components, and aging assemblies that continuously infiltrate the products and services provided to the public. Increasing awareness of public safety and economic stability has caused the manufacturing world to search deeper for a solution to identify these mechanical weaknesses and thereby reduce their impact. The areas of digital image and signal processing have benefited greatly from the technological advances in computer hardware and software capabilities and the development of new processing methods resulting from extensive research in information theory, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and related fields. These new processing methodologies and capabilities are laying a foundation of knowledge that empowers the industrial and academic community to boldly address this problem and begin designing and building better products and systems for tomorrow.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-5302
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Karl Wayne Ulmer
Copyright Date
1992
Language
en
Date Available
2013-12-13
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
152 pages
Recommended Citation
Ulmer, Karl W., "Automated flaw detection method for X-ray images in nondestructive evaluation" (1992). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 261.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/261