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US 8,770,029 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for ultrasonic testing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStephan Falter, Roman Koch
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Abstract
A method for ultrasonic testing of an object, the method comprising ultrasonic scanning of a plurality of scan regions of the object; converting ultrasonic echoes of the ultrasonic scanning into a plurality of electrical signals; gating the electrical signals to provide gated signals; and wherein different gating times are used for the electrical signals.
Claims17
A method for ultrasonic testing of an object, the method comprising:
- a) ultrasonic scanning of a plurality of scan regions of the object, thereby generating ultrasonic echoes;
- b) converting the ultrasonic echoes of the ultrasonic scanning into a plurality of electrical signals;
- c) gating the electrical signals to provide gated signals;
- wherein different gating times are used for the electrical signals, the gating times each comprising a gating start time and a gating finish time;
- d) processing the electrical signals to obtain an ultrasonic B-mode image;
- e) receiving an input from a user by detecting the user adjusting at least one boundary position on the display using a cursor, the at least one boundary position defining at least one of the gating start time and the gating finish time;
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- f) adjusting at least one of the gating start time and the gating finish time in response to the user adjusting the at least one boundary position on the display.
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Ultrasonic testing device for testing an object, comprising:
- a) an ultrasonic transducer for scanning a plurality of scan regions of the object and for convening ultrasonic echoes into electrical signals;
- b) a gating unit configured for gating the electrical signals with a gating time to provide gated signals, the gating time comprising a gating start time and a gating finish time, wherein the gating time depends on the respective scan region;
- c) a signal processor configured to generate a B-Mode image;
- d) a display configured to display the B-mode image and to display the gating time as a curve, the curve having a first portion indicating the gating start time and a second portion indicating the gating finish time;
- e) an input unit for receiving an input from a user, the input unit being configured for enabling the user to adjust a position of the curve on the display and for detecting the adjusted position of the curve on the display as the input, the adjusted position of the curve indicating an adjusted gating start time, an adjusted gating finish time, or both;
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- wherein the gating unit is configured to adjust the gating time in response to detecting the adjusted position of the curve on the display.
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A method for testing an object with an ultrasonic testing device comprising a display, the method comprising:
- a) scanning a plurality of scan regions of the object to obtain to plurality of electrical signals according to a eating time for each of the electrical signals;
- b) processing the electrical signals to obtain a B-mode image and displaying the B-mode image on the display;
- c) receiving an input from a user manipulating a cursor on the display to position a boundary in the B-mode image, the boundary defining at least one of a gating start time and a gating finish time of the gating time for each of the electrical signals;
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- d) processing of the electrical signals, wherein the processing comprises a gating of the electrical signals according to the gating times defined by display coordinates the boundary in the B-mode image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.