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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Jingdan Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Moritz Michael Knorr, Bonn, DE;
Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Waheed A. Abbasi, Murrysville, PA (US);
Michael F. Fair, Oakmont, PA (US);
Larry C. Himes, Greensburg, PA (US);
Michael J. Metala, Murrysville, PA (US);
El Mahjoub Rasselkorde, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jingdan Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Moritz Michael Knorr, Bonn, DE;
Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Waheed A. Abbasi, Murrysville, PA (US);
Michael F. Fair, Oakmont, PA (US);
Larry C. Himes, Greensburg, PA (US);
Michael J. Metala, Murrysville, PA (US);
El Mahjoub Rasselkorde, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for three-dimensional visualization and analysis for automatic non-destructive examination of a solid Rotor using ultrasonic phased array is disclosed. Data is acquired by scanning a solid rotor with a phased array ultrasound transducer producing a plurality of two dimensional ultrasound scans. Each of a plurality of sample points of a plurality of two dimensional ultrasound scans are associated with a corresponding 3D image point of a regular grid. A kernel function for each of the plurality of sample points defining a size and shape of a kernel located at the corresponding image point is determined. A weight is assigned to each kernel which, in one embodiment, is based on the sample point value. A value for each image point of the regular 3D grid is determined based on kernels overlapping each image point. A three-dimensional volume representing the solid rotor is then visualized.