Three-dimensional visualization and analysis method and system for non-destructive examination of a rotor bore using ultrasound

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8805625
APP PUB NO 20110087443A1
SERIAL NO

12903501

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A method and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) visualization and analysis for automatic non-destructive examination of a rotor bore using ultrasound. Data is acquired by scanning the rotor bore with an ultrasound pulser/transducer producing a plurality of one-dimensional ultrasound scans, each scan having a plurality of sample points. Each sample point is associated with a voxel of a regular 3D grid having a plurality of voxels. A Gaussian kernel is associated with each sample point and a value for a particular voxel is determined based on a weighted sum of sample points whose kernels cover the particular voxel. The values for the other voxels of the regular 3D grid are determined similarly. A 3D visualization of the rotor bore can be displayed to a user.

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  • SIEMENS CORPORATION;SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abbasi, Waheed A Murrysville, US 15 150
Comaniciu, Dorin Princeton Junction, US 395 11262
Faltin, Peter Aachen, DE 4 5
Himes, Larry C Greensburg, US 3 36
Metala, Michael J Murrysville, US 27 711
Morgan, Daniel S White Oak, US 1 5
Vierck, Chris Oviedo, US 1 5
Zhang, Jingdan Plainsboro, US 27 274
Zhou, Shaohua Kevin Plainsboro, US 129 2143

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