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Method for eddy current thermography defect reconstruction based on electrical impedance tomography

US12216085B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2022
Grant dateFeb 4, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/9046
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for eddy current thermography defect reconstruction based on electrical impedance tomography, first, obtaining a thermal reference image of temperature change with time by acquiring a thermogram sequence S of the specimen in the process of heating and fitting a curve for pixels of each location of the thermogram sequence S, then, creating a current matrix and a magnetic potential matrix, and calculating the satisfied conductivity distribution through iterations, so as a reconstructed image is obtained, then taking the low conductivity area of the reconstructed image as the defect profile, thus the defect profile is identified and quantified.

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