Methods and systems for ultrasound inspection

An ultrasound inspection system comprising:

• an ultrasound transducer;
• and
• a processor operationally coupled to said transducer, said processor configured to:
• acquire image data that includes a potential indication;
• process the data such that features of the indication are enhanced;
• threshold the data such that the indication is separated from the remaining data;
• determine a size of the indication;
• and
• display a determined size of the indication.

An ultrasound inspection device comprising:

• a pulse echo transducer;
• and
• a processor operationally coupled to said transducer, said processor configured to:
• process 2D ultrasound data of a part;
• determine a size and number of indications in the part using morphological operators to threshold and segment the image into clusters of pixels that represent the indications;
• measure the size of the indications using a bounding box algorithm wherein the bounding box comprises the smallest box capable of containing the indications therein;
• convert the size measurement from a pixel space measurement to a physical dimension;
• and
• display the indications and the indication size.