Recent trends in 2D blind deconvolution for nondestructive evaluation

Abstract

Ultrasonic imaging for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) applications is an important process for industrial applications. Such images are constrained by the sensor positions and indirect image formation. In this paper, some recent techniques in the areas of ultrasonic image enhancement and restoration, developed by the authors, are presented. Three new approaches have been presented to enhance the ultrasonic images with minimum or no information of the distortion function or the imaging system characteristics.