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On the effect of the shape of a flaw on its detectability against noise background

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When switching to automatic output-quality testing systems, the aspiration for improving the detectability of insignificant deviations of the output parameters from the statutory ones necessitates the solution of a number of new problems. One of those is assessing the effect of the image-energy spectral density from an axisymmetric flaw on the reliability of its detection against background noise by both human and computer vision systems. Knowing this information is a necessary condition for developing new enhanced testing and evaluating techniques. Results are presented on the probabilities of false alarm and correct detection of axisymmetric circular or rectangular flaws depending on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the ratio of the flaw radius to the background-fluctuation correlation radius. It has been established that for small SNR, human vision is more effective than machine vision that implements the correlation detector algorithm and the Neyman–Pearson criterion.

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  1. Siberian Automobile and Highway Academy (SIBADI), Omsk, 644080, Russia

    B. N. Epifantsev

  2. Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, 644050, Russia

    S. S. Zhumazhanova

  3. Innovative Web-Technologies, Omsk, 644024, Russia

    S. S. Zhumazhanova

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Original Russian Text © B.N. Epifantsev, S.S. Zhumazhanova, 2017, published in Defektoskopiya, 2017, No. 1, pp. 57–65.

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Epifantsev, B.N., Zhumazhanova, S.S. On the effect of the shape of a flaw on its detectability against noise background. Russ J Nondestruct Test 53, 62–70 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830917010053

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