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Digital Radiography, Image Stitching, X-Ray: Keywords

This document discusses methods for stitching together multiple individual x-ray images that are acquired to fully image an object larger than the detector. It describes correlating the boundaries of adjacent images to identify matching boundaries and then rotating, translating, and scaling the images so their boundaries align. The stitched composite image provides a complete larger image of the object under inspection.

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Digital Radiography, Image Stitching, X-Ray: Keywords

This document discusses methods for stitching together multiple individual x-ray images that are acquired to fully image an object larger than the detector. It describes correlating the boundaries of adjacent images to identify matching boundaries and then rotating, translating, and scaling the images so their boundaries align. The stitched composite image provides a complete larger image of the object under inspection.

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Image Stitching for Radiography

X-Ray based nondestructive evaluation is widely used for detecting defects in materials. X-rays are
made to pass through the object under inspection. The x-rays transmitted by the object are collected by a
detector, which generates a digital image. If defect is present in the material, it will manifest as a change
in the contrast in the digital image at that location. Typically for obtaining a digital x-ray image, digital
radiography panel or computed radiology plate is used as detector. Digital radiography is used both for
inspection during manufacturing and in service. Few of the scenarios in which digital radiography is
used are inspection of (1) casting (2) welding on pipes
(3) assembly of components (4) components of rotatory machinery.
Sometimes the size of the object is larger than the detector itself. In such cases, multiple digital x-ray
images at adjacent locations are acquired one after another to completely cover the object. In such cases,
conventionally, these images are evaluated individually to qualify the part.
In this paper, we describe methods for stitching these individual x-ray images to make a composite
image. The boundary at each of the image is correlated with each other and the matching boundary is
identified. The images are rotated and/or translated and/or scaled so that the boundary aligns with each
other. The essence of the paper involves the aligning the images by matching the boundaries as
intelligent visual system does and then stitching the images to get the complete larger image. Results on
different combinations of one set of data are presented.
Methods for stitching specific to digital radiography panel and computed radiography plate are also
described.
Keywords: Digital Radiography, Image Stitching, X-Ray

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