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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Kumar Dewangan, Bangalore, IN;
Gopichand Katragadda, Bangalore, IN;
Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Kumar Dewangan, Bangalore, IN;
Gopichand Katragadda, Bangalore, IN;
Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for estimating a depth of a crack from ultrasound scan data are provided. The method includes mapping multiple amplitude responses from the ultrasound scan data, each mapped amplitude response being representative of a signal from one of the sensors. The method further includes locating multiple linear responses among the mapped amplitude responses, each linear response being an indicator of a reflected signal from the crack. One or more sensor that corresponds to the linear responses from a given crack is identified. The depth of the crack is estimated using data from the identified sensors.