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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Jens Winslow, Edmonton, CA;
Rodney K. Ridley, Edmonton, CA;
Varagur S. V. Rajan, Sherwood Park, CA;
Yuwu Yu, Edmonton, CA;
Lawrence B. Staples, Edmonton, CA;
Hydroscope Cananda Inc., Edmonton, CA;
Abstract
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method is provided for analyzing RFT data from a data file. The method includes parsing the data file into pipe lengths, calculating a phase profile for the data points within each pipe length, locating potential defects in the pipe length using the phase profiles, determining for each defect a total equivalent phase shift as a combination of a circumferential equivalent phase shift and a non-circumferential equivalent phase shift, and using the total equivalent phase shift to analyze the defect.