An automatic system of classification of weld defects in radiographic images

In this paper, we describe an automatic detection system to recognise welding defects in radiographic images. In a first stage, image processing techniques, including noise reduction, contrast enhancement, thresholding and labelling, were implemented to help in the recognition of weld regions and the detection of weld defects. In a second stage, a set of geometrical features which characterise the defect shape and orientation was proposed and extracted between defect candidates. In a third stage, an artificial neural network (ANN) for weld defect classification was used. With the aim of obtaining the best performance of ANN three different methods for improving network generalisation was used. The results was compared with a method without generalisation. For the input layer, the principal component analysis technique was used in order to reduce the number of feature variables; and, for the hidden layer, a different number of neurons was used.     

Automatic weld defect identification from radiographic images

This paper presents a new approach for weld defect identification from radiographic images. This approach is based on the generation of a database of defect features using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) and polynomial coefficients extracted from the Power Density Spectra (PDSs) of the weld segmented areas after performing pre-processing and segmentation stages. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are used for the feature matching process in order to automatically identify defects in radiographic images. The performance of the proposed approach is evaluated using 150 radiographic images in the presence of various types of noise and blurring. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can be used in a reliable way for automatic weld defect identification from radiographic images in noisy environments, and can achieve high recognition rates.     

基于FGT-FBP重构算法的焊接缺陷检测

针对焊接过程产生的缺陷,提出一种磁光成像传感的模糊灰度变换和滤波反投影(FGT-FBP)重构检测方法. 研究焊接缺陷的几何特征,通过分析裂纹和未熔合两种不同焊接缺陷在交变磁场励磁下的磁光成像特征,设计模糊规则,对磁光图像进行模糊灰度变换. 增强磁光图像对比度,使焊接缺陷形态趋势可视化,实现描述磁光成像焊接缺陷细节的无参考型图像评估方法. 对FGT处理的焊接缺陷磁光图进行旋转投影,并经过快速傅里叶变换和改进的滤波器进行滤波去噪,消除伪影后进行反投影变换实现焊接缺陷图像的重构. 利用滤波反投影重构算法进行去噪,可有效突出焊接缺陷特征. 最后结合阈值分割和边缘检测实现焊接缺陷检测. 结果表明,该方法能较准确检测裂纹和未熔合两种焊接缺陷.     

X射线焊缝图像的缺陷检测与识别技术

针对目前无损检测主要采用人工方式存在的主观不一致、检测效率低、操作复杂等问题,设计了一套焊缝缺陷自动检测系统。提出基于Otsu双阈值分割的缺陷区域自动提取、图像的降噪和灰度增强的图像预处理方法;通过SUSAN算法检测焊缝缺陷目标,并结合形态学孔洞填充算法修正缺陷目标;计算焊缝缺陷目标特征参数,并结合所设计的深度为4的二叉树分类识别逻辑流程,实现了较好的焊缝缺陷的检测结果。     

An adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system for classification of welding defects

In this paper, we describe an adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system to recognise welding defects in radiographic images. In a first stage, image processing techniques, including noise reduction, contrast enhancement, thresholding and labelling, were implemented to help in the recognition of weld regions and the detection of weld defects. In a second stage, a set of 12 geometrical features which characterise the defect shape and orientation was proposed and extracted between defect candidates. In a third stage, an adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for weld defect classification was used. With the aim of obtaining the best performance to automate the process of the classification of defects, of all possible combinations without repetition of the 12 features chosen, four were used as input for the ANFIS. The results were compared with the aim to know the features that allow the best classification. The correlation coefficients were determined obtaining a minimum value of 0.84. The accuracy or the proportion of the total number of predictions that were correct was determined obtaining a value of 82.6%.     

一种焊缝X射线数字图像的缺陷提取算法

准确提取焊缝X射线图像中的缺陷是图像自动识别的主要问题。针对这一难题,提出了一种以邻域灰度平方差变换为基础,结合灰度级形态学重构和边缘检测,辅之边缘保持滤波和已标注连接分量图像融合的缺陷提取新算法。该方法能可靠地提取出低对比度X射线数字图像中的焊缝缺陷部分。     

基于X射线数字化图像处理的双面焊焊缝缺陷检测

对双面焊焊缝的缺陷自动检测,提出了对焊缝重叠区边缘区与非边缘区分别进行处理、非细长缺陷与细长缺陷分别进行处理的思路.在逐列灰度波形分析检出焊缝外边缘和两焊缝重叠区边缘的基础上,对于非细长缺陷,采用大模版中值与均值滤波相结合模拟背景,然后对消除背景后图像采用分区域阈值检出焊缝缺陷,对于细长缺陷,提出了基于逐列自适应二值化和改进霍夫变换的缺陷分割算法.结果表明,所提出的方法能够在有效地避免两焊缝重叠区边缘处误检的同时,检出微弱线缺陷.     

高强钢焊接缺陷磁光成像分形特征检测

研究一种基于磁光成像原理的焊接缺陷无损检测新方法.以高强钢表面微小焊接缺陷为例,采用分形维数对焊缝磁光图像进行特征识别并估计最优尺度,根据Adabost分类算法对提取的焊接缺陷特征进行分析和训练,构建焊接缺陷特征量并对高强钢表面缺陷磁光图像进行自动识别.结果表明,运用磁光成像方法可以获取高强钢焊接缺陷特征,并通过图像分形维数分析可识别焊缝缺陷的位置、形状和类别.     

Estimated accuracy of classification of defects detected in welded joints by radiographic tests

Over the last two decades, there has been a considerably increase in the number of publications of research projects for the detection and classification of welding defects in radiographs using image processing and pattern recognition tools. All these research projects aim to set up an automatic or semi-automatic classification system for weld joint defects detected by the radiographic method. A classification system as such would allow a reduction in some inherent inexactnesses that occur in the conventional method, consequently increasing the precision of the report. This work is a study to estimate the accuracy of classification of the main classes of weld defects, such as: undercut, lack of penetration, porosity, slag inclusion, crack or lack of fusion. To carry out this work nonlinear pattern classifiers were developed, using neural networks. Also the largest number of radiographic patterns as possible was used as well as statistical inference techniques of random selection of data with (Bootstrap) and without repositioning in order to estimate the accuracy of the classification. The results pointed to an estimated accuracy of around 80% for the classes of defects analyzed.     

基于改正二维主成分分析的焊缝表面缺陷检测

机器人焊接因零件形状不规则和焊接工艺复杂不可避免带来各种焊缝缺陷. 针对二维主成分分析应用于焊缝表面缺陷检测时面临计算复杂度高、分类准确率低及无法进行增量学习等问题,提出了一种基于均值更新的增量二维主成分分析(mean updated incremental two-dimensional principal component analysis,MUI2DPCA)算法,并将MUI2DPCA和前馈神经网络( feedforward neural network,FNN)相结合进行焊缝表面缺陷在线检测. 首先,对相机捕获的视频帧图像进行预处理得到焊缝局部块图像. 然后,利用MUI2DPCA在线提取局部块图像的模式特征. MUI2DPCA对图像的特征主成分进行增量迭代估计,降低计算复杂度,并且能够增量更新当前的样本均值,减少无关特征变化对主成分收敛性的影响. 最后,利用FNN建立提取的模式特征与焊缝类别之间的联系,实时返回焊缝表面缺陷的检测信息. 试验结果表明,该检测方法平均分类准确率为95.40%,平均处理速度可达29帧/s,能够满足焊缝在线检测的实时性要求.     

Automatic defect detection in ultra sonic TOFD D-scan data using image processing method

In ultrasonic time of flight diffraction (TOFD) D-scan image, only a small fraction represents defects, whereas the majority is redundant. Because of the low contrast between defect and background image, it is difficult to manually interpret TOFD image. In addition, due to the nature of the weak amplitude of ultrasonic diffracted signals, the human factor introduces inconsistency into the interpretation. In order to automatically distinguish weld defects from the D-scan image, a defect detection method based on image processing technique is proposed. First, image pre-processing including clutter and noise suppression is conducted. Second, information entropy based image segmentation technique is employed to extract defects in the pre-processed image. At last, mathematical morphology based post-processing is carried out. The experimental results show that with the proposed method, TOFD can be used for automatic weld defect detection with satisfactory level of reliability.     

Discontinuities detection in welded joints based on inverse surface thresholding

Automated detection of welding defects in radiographic images becomes nontrivial when uneven illumination, contrast and noise are present. In this paper, a new approach using surface thresholding method is proposed to detect defects in radiographic images of welding joints. In the first stage, several image processing techniques namely fuzzy c means clustering, region filling, mean filtering, edge detection, Otsu thresholding, and morphological operations method are utilized to locate the area where defects might exist. This is followed by the construction of the inverse thresholding surface and its implementation to locate defects in the identified area. The proposed method was tested on 60 radiographic images and it obtained 94.6% sensitivity. Its performance is compared to that of the watershed segmentation, which obtained 69.6%.     

焊缝表面缺陷激光视觉传感HOG-SVM的检测方法

为了实现对焊缝表面缺陷的自动检测与分类,研究一种有效识别焊缝表面缺陷的激光视觉检测方法.通过激光视觉传感器采集焊缝图像并进行预处理,包括图像分割,灰度化,平滑去噪以及焊缝轮廓提取.采用方向梯度直方图(Histogram of Oriented Gradient, HOG)提取焊缝激光条纹轮廓图像的特征向量.其次,基于5折-交叉验证网格搜索方法进行模型参数寻优,最终建立了支持向量机(Support Vector Machine, SVM)智能模型识别与分类焊缝表面缺陷.通过调整焊缝轮廓提取算法、HOG特征维度得到不同特征数据并进行对比、分析焊缝缺陷的识别效果.在相同试验条件下,发现支持向量机比随机森林分类器、K最近邻分类器以及朴素贝叶斯分类器的识别率更高,达到97.86%.基于HOG-SVM的焊缝表面缺陷智能识别方法可有效提高焊缝缺陷(气孔、凹陷、咬边)及无缺陷的分类精度.     

焊缝X射线实时成象自动分析系统

以射线实时成象检测系统为研究对象,根据射线实时成象的特点,对焊缝缺陷的提取及识别技术进行了研究,采用ＧＦＯ方法进行焊缝缺陷提取,取得了孤效果。制定了一套用于特征描述的参数,给出了具体计算方法,设计了其皇反向传播神经网络进行焊缝缺陷识别的方法,给出了相应的结果。实践证明,该方法比现有真有更好的可靠性和适应性。另旬,对图象的承处理及撮华析修正等均进行了介绍。本文所述方法已用于实际焊接缺陷的检测并取得了     

Welding defect detection from radiography images with a cepstral approach

This paper presents a new approach for feature extraction from radiography images acquired with gamma rays in order to detect weld defects. In this approach, images are lexicographically ordered into 1D signals. Then, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) and polynomial coefficients are extracted from these signals, one of their transforms, or both of them. Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), and Discrete Sine Transform (DST) are tested and compared for efficient feature extraction. Neural networks are used for feature matching in the proposed approach. Sixteen radiography images containing seventy three weld defects are used to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach. For performance evaluation, the tested images are degraded by Gaussian, impulsive, speckle, or Poisson noises with and without blurring. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can be used in a reliable way for automatic defect detection from radiography images in the presence of noise and blurring.     

基于信息融合优化搜索的X射线焊缝缺陷检测

提出一种基于信息融合优化搜索技术的X射线图像焊缝缺陷检测方法.在对X射线焊缝图像进行预处理的基础上,使用垂直焊缝方向投影的波形分析法进行焊缝区域分割,采用图像信息融合技术,综合不同判据获得启发式状态空间优化搜索的启发信息,对搜索过程进行优化,从而快速准确地检测出X射线图像中的缺陷区域.试验结果表明,提出的算法能够快速有效地检测出焊缝X射线图像中的缺陷,取得较好效果.     

焊缝缺陷磁光成像模糊聚类识别方法

以激光焊接高强钢(HSS)为对象,研究基于法拉第磁旋光效应的焊缝缺陷磁光成像检测方法.通过施加交变磁场改变焊缝处磁感应大小,利用磁光传感器获取焊缝缺陷磁光图像,选定特定区域提取灰度共生矩阵(GLCM)特征,并进行分析.为准确识别和分类焊缝缺陷类型,建立焊缝缺陷模糊聚类识别模型.通过调整模糊C-均值聚类(FCM)的模糊指...     

基于LBP-KPCA特征提取的焊缝超声检测缺陷分类方法

焊缝缺陷影响结构安全,缺陷定性是实现结构安全评价的重要基础.研究了一种基于一维局部二元模式（one-dimensional local binary pattern,1-D LBP）算法结合核主成分分析（kernel principal component analysis,KPCA）提取焊缝缺陷回波信号特征的方法.采用1-D LBP算法提取缺陷回波信号的LBP特征,通过KPCA对此LBP特征集进行主成分分析,选取贡献率之和超过90%的前N个主成分作为缺陷分类的特征向量,利用基于径向基核函数的支持向量机（support vector machine,SVM）实现了缺陷类型的自动分类.以夹渣、气孔和未焊透三类焊缝缺陷为对象,开展了缺陷特征提取及分类试验.结果表明,使用LBP-KPCA特征进行缺陷分类时,准确率达到96.7%,优于常规特征,为焊缝缺陷分类及无损评价提供了重要参考.     

Image segmentation of small defects in precision weldments with complex structure

In this paper, the X-ray nondestructive test method of small defects in precision weldments with complex structure was presented. To resolve the difficulty of defect segmentation in variable grey image, the image processing based on Visual Basic programming method was adopted. The methods of automatic contrast and partial grey stretch were used to enhance the X-ray detection image which has relatively low contrast, then automatic threshold method was carried out to segment the two high intensity zones, and weld zones which contain the small defects was extracted. Smoothing and sharpen processing were proceeded on the extracted weld zones, and small defects in X-ray detection image of weldments with complex structure were segmented by using the method of background subtraction in the end. The effects of raster were eliminated, and because of that the image processing was only proceeded on the extracted weld zones, the calculated speed using the above provided algorithm was improved.