Systems and methods for collaborating in a non-destructive testing system

A collaboration system, comprising:

• a computing device configured to communicate with at least one other computing device via a computing network, and wherein the computing device is configured to:
• receive image data that has been acquired during an inspection of equipment using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices;
• receive an input configured to derive a list of one or more recipients indicated as available to collaborate;
• receive a selection of at least one recipient from the list of recipients;
• establish a communication connection between the computing device and the at least one other computing device that corresponds to the at least one recipient, wherein the communication connection is configured to share the image data depicted on the computing device with the at least one other computing device;
• enable the at least one other computing device to control the NDT inspection device upon establishing the communication connection and when the image data being shared is displayed on a display of the computing device and on at least one other display of the at least one other computing device;
• determine location information of the NDT inspection device with respect to equipment being inspected based on the image data retrieved by the NDT inspection device, the location information including a pre-defined textual annotation identifying a location of the equipment being inspected;
• and
• overlay a tip map on the received image data provided via the display and based on the location information, wherein the tip map comprises the pre-defined textual annotation, a grid including four quadrants, and an approximation of a disposition of a tip of the one or more inspection devices provided with respect to a direction within a cross-sectional view of the equipment to guide insertion of the tip within the equipment, wherein the approximation of the disposition of the tip is displayed as an icon within any one of the four quadrants included in the tip map to represent a position of the tip being inserted into the location of the equipment being inspected, wherein the location of the equipment being inspected is associated with the pre-defined textual annotation and the quadrant of the cross-sectional view.