CONTENTS

Preface v

Contents xiii

Part 1 Ultrasonic Methods 1

Chapter 1 Fundamental Models and Measurements for Ultrasonic

Nondestructive Evaluation Systems 3
Lester W. Schmerr Jr.

Chapter 2 Integrated and Flexible High Temperature Piezoelectric

Ultrasonic Transducers 33
Cheng-Kuei Jen and Makiko Kobayashi

Chapter 3 Real-Time and In-Line Ultrasonic Diagnostics of

Polymer Proceses 57
Cheng-Kuei Jen, Zhigang Sun, Jacques Tatibouët
and Y. Ono

Chapter 4 Laser-Ultrasonics: Principles and Industrial Applications 79

Jean-Pierre Monchalin

Chapter 5 Guided Wave Based Nondestructive Testing:

A Reference-Free Pattern Recognition Approach 117
Hoon Sohn, Seung Bum Kim and Seung Dae Kim

Chapter 6 Acoustic Nonlinear Imaging and Its Application in Tissue

Characterization 139
Dong Zhang and Xiu-fen Gong

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Chapter 7 Angular Spectrum Decomposition Analysis of Second

Harmonic Ultrasound Propagation and Its Relation to
Tissue Harmonic Imaging 155
Xiang Yan and Mark F. Hamilton

Chapter 8 Applications of High-Frequency Ultrasound to

Diagnostic and Regenerative Medicine 169
Kendall R. Waters

Chapter 9 A ROC Framework for Computerized-Aided Detection 195

Ulrich Scheipers

Chapter 10 Waveguides in Acoustic Sensor Systems 217

Lawrence C. Lynnworth

Part 2 Advanced (Other) Methods 245

Chapter 11 Electromagnetic NDE Techniques for Materials

Characterization 247
B. P. C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj

Chapter 12 Terahertz NDE for Aerospace Applications 279

Robert F. Anastasi, Eric I. Madaras,
Jeffrey P. Seebo and William P. Winfree

Chapter 13 Large Area Time Domain Terahertz (T-Ray) Imaging

Non-Destructive Evaluation for Security and Aerospace 303
David Zimdars, Jeffrey S. White, G. Stuk ,
G. Fichter, G. Sucha and S. Williamson

Chapter 14 Active Infrared Thermography Techniques for the

Nondestructive Testing of Materials 325
Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Marc Genest,
Jean-Marc Piau, Stéphane Guibert, Abdelhakim
Bendada and Xavier P. V. Maldague
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Chapter 15 Quantitative Evaluation of Emerging Infrared Thermography

Technologies for Aerospace Applications 349
Joseph DiMambro

Chapter 16 Sonic Infrared Imaging: A Novel NDE Technology for

Detection of Cracks Delamination/Disbonds in Materials
and Structures 369
Xiaoyan Han

Chapter 17 A Data Fusion Framework for Multiple Nondestructive

Inspection Images 385
Zheng Liu, David S. Forsyth, Pradeep Ramuhalli
and Abbas Fhar

Chapter 18 SMART Structures Approach: Achieving Global Structural

Health Monitoring Through the Application of Distributed,
Embedded Micro-Sensor Systems 403
Dennis Roach

Chapter 19 Nondestructive Testing for Bearing Condition Monitoring

and Health Diagnosis 439
Robert X. Gao and Shuangwen Sheng

Chapter 20 Advanced Sensors for Health Monitoring Systems 471

Nezih Mrad

Part 3 Signal and Image Processing in NDE 491

Chapter 21 Computational Intelligence Methodologies for

Non-Destructive Testing/Evaluation Applications 493
M. Cacciola, F. C. Morabito and M. Versaci.

Chapter 22 Split Spectrum Processing and Automatic Flaw Detection 517

Kevin D. Donohue

Chapter 23 An Application of the EM Algorithm to Thickness

Estimation of Thin Layered Materials 547
C. H. Chen and Xiaojun W
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Chapter 24 Homomorphic Deconvolution of Ultrasonic Images 559

Radovan Jirik and Torfinn Taxt

Chapter 25 Frequency-Wavenumber Domain Filtering for Improved

Damage Visualization 591
Massimo Ruzzen

Chapter 26 Recent Advanced Signal Processing Methods for

Waveform-Based NDE Methods 613
D. J. Roth, J. C. Aldrin, J. P. Seebo and L. B. Trinh,
J. L. Walker and W. P. Winfree

Chapter 27 A Robust Algorithm for Nondestructive Testing of

Weld Seams 635
Miguel A. Carrasco and Domigo Mery

Subject Index 659