NDT & E International

Papers
(The median citation count of NDT & E International is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board127
Characterisation of composite skin–stiffener bonding interface and fine-defect evaluation using mono-pulse ultrasonic detection68
Ensemble learning model for concrete delamination depth detection using impact echo67
Integration of ultrasonic tomography and GPR full waveform inversion for internal decay detection in tree trunks65
FMCW THZ radar and X-ray analysis of wood properties: A comparative study62
Noncontact visualization of multiscale defects in CFRP composites using eddy current testing with T-R probe60
Improved detection of nonlinear waves in thin solid materials using a pulse-echo method based on nonlinear modeling of wave fields59
Non-contact near-field cavity perturbation method for quantitative dielectric measurement and metallic defect inspection58
A conjugate gradient weighted least squares reconstruction method with region of interest correction for cone-beam rotational computed laminography56
Detection of defects in girth welded joints of tubular structure by circumferential feature-guided waves55
Creep state assessment of nickel-based superalloy GH4169 using eddy current-TMR testing54
A thickness reduction testing method for ferromagnetic materials based on variable intensity DC magnetization49
Localisation of defects on carbon fibre surfaces using deep learning48
Analyzing the permeability distribution of multilayered specimens using pulsed eddy-current testing with multi-scale 1D-ResNet45
Nondestructive dielectric measurement method for orientation distribution of liquid crystal polymers film42
Minimum transmission events for fast ultrasonic TFM imaging: A comparative study40
Autonomous dynamic line-scan continuous-wave terahertz non-destructive inspection system combined with unsupervised exposure fusion39
Instrumentation and testing for road condition monitoring – A state-of-the-art review38
Test on fouling detection of ballast based on infrared thermography38
A shear horizontal wave EMAT by using encoded Halbach magnets for improving both SNR and spatial resolution and its applications in defect detection of aluminum plates37
Detection of indentation damage in carbon fiber/epoxy composites via EIT during the application of bending loads37
Automated data evaluation in phased-array ultrasonic testing based on A-scan and feature training36
Nonlinear/linear resonance ultrasound spectroscopy (N/RUS) of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel samples using in-contact and non-contact excitation35
Local wavenumber imaging with low-sampled wavefield for delamination characterization in composite plate33
Quantitative study on the propagation characteristics of MFL signals of outer surface defects in long-distance oil and gas pipelines33
Anti-interference damage localization in composite overwrapped pressure vessels using machine learning and ultrasonic guided waves33
Ultrasonic defect characterization using Bayesian inversion and scattering matrix denoising neural networks33
In situ measurement of ultrasonic behavior during lap spot welding with laser ultrasonic method32
Simulated delaminations in thermal NDT standards and the concept of thermally equivalent defects32
High-resolution non-destructive detection of grinding burns with NV diamond quantum magnetometer32
Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of additively manufactured wear coatings31
A non-destructive thermographic procedure for the evaluation of heat treatment in Usibor®1500 through the thermal diffusivity measurement31
The design of high temperature EMATs to avoid irreversible magnetic losses31
An adaptive approach to non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of cast irons containing precipitated graphite particles with the help of magnetoacoustic emission31
One-dimensional photothermal characterization of subsurface interfaces utilizing the virtual wave concept31
Accurate thickness evaluation of thermal barrier coatings using microwave resonator sensor30
Simultaneous nondestructive estimation of thickness and longitudinal wave velocity of adhesive layers in adhesive joints through air-coupled ultrasonic testing29
Defects detection in weld joints based on visual attention and deep learning28
Improved automatic defect detection from X-ray scans for aluminum conductor composite core wire based on modified Skip-GANomaly28
A novel moisture damage detection method for asphalt pavement from GPR signal with CWT and CNN28
Study on non-contact measurement method of resistance spot weld nugget diameter using laser ultrasonic technique28
Long-term stability of laser processed reference samples for grinding burn detection with Barkhausen noise26
Ultrafast wide field-of-view ultrasonic diverging wave imaging based on delay p-th root and sum beamforming26
A transfer learning approach to the prediction of porosity in additively manufactured metallic components26
Reconstruction of compressed nonlinear ultrasonic signal for self-healing process of asphalt mixture based on physics-informed neural network26
Exploring high-energy X-ray phase-contrast microscopy at a diffraction-limited storage ring26
Acoustic emission-based weld crack leakage monitoring via FGI and MCCF-CondenseNet convolutional neural network25
RCF crack direction assessment in moving ferromagnetic material by DC electromagnetic NDT technique25
Automatic high depth-resolvability inspection of TBC debonding defects using nonlinear frequency modulation photothermal radar25
Recent development of alternating current field measurement technology for defects detection: A review25
Localization and shape determination of a hidden corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza using non-destructive testing25
Determination of the softening point and temperature interval of asphalt mixture for the healing process based on the contactless nonlinear ultrasonic method25
On the use of a linear array EMAT for remote thickness gauging using the reflected modes on a steel pipe25
Comparisons of second- and third-order ultrasonic nonlinearity parameters measured using through-transmission and pulse-echo methods24
Temper embrittlement in HY-80 steel: Microstructure, magnetic and microhardness properties24
Reference-free fatigue crack detection using deep long short-term memory network (DLSTM) and nonlinear ultrasonic modulation24
High performance simulation of ultrasound inspection of porosity in additive manufactured parts24
Integration of multiple wall thinning parameters into the probability of detection analysis for long-range pipe inspection using microwaves24
A novel reference-free technique for processing one-sided thermal NDT results in the time domain24
Three-dimensional super-resolution crack imaging in industrial manufactured components: A truncated correlation photothermal coherence tomography approach24
A novel force-temperature model for evaluating internal forces in CFRP by means of infrared thermography24
Early detection of high temperature hydrogen attack using the ultrasonic full matrix capture and advanced post-processing methods23
On the existence of zero-group velocity modes in free rails: Modeling and experiments23
High fidelity ultrasonic measurements for defect detection and characterisation23
NDE 4.0: Progress, promise, and its role to industry 4.023
Determining the acoustoelastic effect of longitudinal waves propagating inclined to principal stress directions in concrete: theory and experimental validation23
Predicting actual crack size through crack signal obtained by advanced Flexible Eddy Current Sensor using ResNet integrated with CBAM and Huber loss function23
Magnetic particle inspection: Status, advances, and challenges — Demands for automatic non-destructive testing23
Finite element analysis of wave propagation in austenitic stainless steel welds with three-dimensional solidification structures predicted by cellular automaton method23
Analytical insight into local defect resonance induced by disbond in multilayered structures22
Broadband nonlinear RAPID: a baseline-free probabilistic imaging approach for single-defect localization using a sparse sensor network22
Convolutional neural networks for ultrasound corrosion profile time series regression22
Noninvasive acoustic temperature tomography in multiphase materials22
The volumetric ultrasound imaging strategy for quantification of the defects in concrete based on the optimized cumulative kurtosis method22
Characterisation and evaluation of paint-coated marine corrosion in carbon steel using eddy current pulsed thermography22
Influence of tensile stress on magnetic flux leakage signal of ferromagnetic steel after overcoming initial magnetization disturbance21
Quantitative assessment of heavy-duty anticorrosion coating thickness via near-infrared measurements21
An enhancement algorithm based on multi-grayscale fusion and edge-weight for low contrast X-ray image21
Non-contact stress-strain characterization of aluminum alloy by laser-induced thermal-wave radar (LTR) imaging21
Ultrasonic immersion testing of residual stress in plates using collinear Lamb wave mixing technique21
Identification of crack orientation in electrically conductive materials using eddy current testing powered by rotational directive filter21
Characterization of semi-infinite inhomogeneous delaminations using lock-in thermography20
Non-collinear wave mixing to determine physical ageing in PVC pipelines20
RHiREM: Intelligent diagnostic framework for pipeline Eddy Current Internal Inspection based on reinforcement learning with hierarchical reward exploration mechanism20
Comparisons of ray and finite element simulations of ultrasonic wave fields in smoothly inhomogeneous austenitic welds of thick-walled components20
Reliability and failure modelling of microelectronic packages based on ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation data20
Evidence for contributions of lack-of-fusion defects and dislocations to acoustic nonlinearity and loss in additively manufactured aluminum20
Debonding detection of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete using a novel amplitude modulated vibro-acoustic method20
Research on magnetic memory inspection signal characteristics of multi-parameter coupling pipeline welds19
High-temperature EMAT with double-coil configuration generates shear and longitudinal wave modes in paramagnetic steel19
Monitoring the fracture process of concrete during splitting using integrated ultrasonic coda wave interferometry, digital image correlation and X-ray micro-computed tomography19
Translation of MFL and UT data by using generative adversarial networks: A comparative study19
Towards a multi-fidelity deep learning framework for a fast and realistic generation of ultrasonic multi-modal Total Focusing Method images in complex geometries19
3D modeling of pulsed thermal NDT: Back to basic features and subtle phenomena19
Utilizing non-specular reflection of bounded ultrasonic beams for assessing damage in solid plates19
Improving the industrial defect recognition in radiographic testing by pre-training on medical radiographs18
Terahertz spectroscopy and effective medium theory for thickness measurement of adhesive bonds18
Wedge two-layer medium ultrasonic plane wave compounding imaging based on sign multiply coherence factor combined with delay multiply and sum beamforming18
Carburization depth evaluation from magnetic nondestructive testing18
Off-the-shelf UHF RFID-based sensors for corrosion characterization of coated steel18
Non-destructive procedure to determine residual stresses and white layers in hole making operations18
Thermal compensation of ultrasonic transmit and receive data for steel welded plates at the point of manufacture18
Inverse identification of pipeline steel mechanical state by means of coupled magnetic measurements and artificial neural networks18
Characterization of optimal healing efficiency based on a new nonlinear ultrasonic method for the process of gradient heating healing in asphalt mixture18
Phase estimation via riesz transform in laser speckle interferometry for large-area damage imaging18
Micro-magnetic non-destructive characterization of multi-clad array coating of FeCoCrNiMo high entropy alloy in laser cladding18
Dipole modelling of temperature-dependent magnetic flux leakage18
Discretized tensor-based model of total focusing method: A sparse regularization approach for enhanced ultrasonic phased array imaging18
Editorial Board18
Thermal conductivity assessment of wood using micro computed tomography based finite element analysis (μCT-based FEA)18
Detection of air- and water-filled cavities beneath concrete plate using electromagnetic and acoustic waves17
Infrared thermography detection of grouting defects in external post-tensioned tendon ducts under construction hydration heat excitation17
PHM-IRNET: Self-training thermal segmentation approach for thermographic inspection of industrial components17
Editorial Board17
Probability based damage detection on a composite fuselage panel based on large data set of guided wave signals17
Data fusion of multi-view plane wave imaging for nozzle weld inspection17
Influence of duty ratio of a pattern source on laser generation of Lamb waves17
A scheme for a priori generation of the optical patterns for magnetic nanoemulsion based defect detection in carbon steel specimens17
Distinguishing evaluation of plastic deformation and fatigue damage using pulsed eddy current testing17
The realisation of fast X-ray computed tomography using a limited number of projection images for dimensional metrology17
Automated weld defect segmentation from phased array ultrasonic data based on U-net architecture17
Editorial Board17
Geometric artifacts correction of equiangular fan-beam industrial CT system16
Characterization of water content and inspection of delamination in spruce, oak and meranti woods after pyrolysis processing using a new terahertz time-domain spectroscopy method16
Context and scale-aware YOLO for welding defect detection16
Defect imaging via adjoint-state-based Reverse-time Migration16
Non-destructive estimation of mechanical properties in Usibor® 1500 via thermal diffusivity measurements: A thermographic procedure16
A simple conductivity measurement method using a peak-frequency feature of ferrite-cored eddy current sensor16
Approach to weld segmentation and defect classification in radiographic images of pipe welds16
Experimental investigation on detection of coating debonds in thermal barrier coatings using vibrothermography with a piezoceramic actuator16
Evaluation of thermal damaged die steel through magnetic emission technique16
In-situ NDT CT image restoration method for concrete based on deep learning by modeling non-ideal focal spot16
Metallic material microstructure grain size measurements from backscattering signals in ultrasonic array data sets16
Enhancing resistance to low-velocity impact of electrospun-manufactured interlayer-strengthened CFRP by using infrared thermography16
Quantification of porosity in composite plates using planar X-ray phase contrast imaging15
A technique for medium-range through-thickness focusing using Lamb waves15
Passive wall thickness monitoring using acoustic emission excitation15
Reliability assessment of guided wave damage localization with deep learning uncertainty quantification methods15
A comparison of methods for generating synthetic training data for domain adaption of deep learning models in ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation15
Effect of light source wavelength on surface defect imaging in deep-water concrete dams15
Analysis of step-heating thermography methods for defect depth prediction15
Wall thinning quantification with a lift-off distance for ferromagnetic structures using pulsed ECT equipped with ICA-Gauss filter and Hough Transform15
Ultrasonic characterization of elastic constants of plasma sprayed Al2O3 coatings based on simulated annealing algorithm15
A generic time-frequency analysis-based signal processing and imaging approach for air-coupled ultrasonic testing15
Comparative analysis of infrared thermography processing techniques for roadways’ sub-pavement voids detection15
Mode-conversion between fundamental Lamb waves (A0-S0 mode) during scattering at a part-thickness notch15
Optimization of selection matrix capture for micro defects laser ultrasound imaging using multi-parameter genetic algorithm15
Classification and evaluation for nearside/backside defect via magnetic flux leakage: A dual probe design with SVM and PSO intelligence algorithms15
Pseudo-noise pulse-compression thermography: A powerful tool for time-domain thermography analysis15
Synthetic beamforming and dynamic source plane wave imaging of concrete15
Damage assessment in L-shaped bends by nonlinear feature guided waves15
Uncertainty quantification in super-resolution guided wave array imaging using a variational Bayesian deep learning approach14
Image resolution enhancement method of scanning acoustic microscope for semiconductor inspection14
Data-driven inversion model of asphalt pavement dielectric constant based on the forward simulation of composite materials14
A comparison of non-linear optimisation algorithms for recovering the conductivity depth profile of an electrically conductive block using eddy current inspection14
Defect identification method for capacitive-inductive dual-mode sensors with lift-off interference14
Free-form surface reconstruction for adaptive imaging with 2D ultrasound arrays14
Highlighting anomalies in ultrasonic scan data by Shannon Information processing14
Advanced detection and reconstruction of welding defects in irregular geometries using eddy current pulsed thermography14
Analytical modeling and non-dimensionalization study for endoscopic ultrasound acoustic field in tubular structure14
A percussion method with attention mechanism and feature aggregation for detecting internal cavities in timber14
Detection of heavy-duty anticorrosion coating deterioration using near-infrared spectral characteristics14
Quantitative evaluation of interfacial layer properties in bimetallic composite circular tubes using bounded ultrasonic beam scattering methodology13
A new methodology of non-destructive testing in a set of two parallel immersed plates using time reversal process and leaky Lamb waves13
Two-stage residual networks for damage identification and location of stiffened composite panel based on guided waves13
Feature extraction and evaluation for quantitative prediction of hardness in bearing steel based on magnetic Barkhausen noise13
Ultrasonic evaluation of CFRP bonding quality using stiffness and tensile prediction13
High precision thickness evaluation of thermal barrier coating with high frequency eddy current testing method13
Cryo-ultrasonic testing of curved components13
Accurate non-destructive evaluation of pavement stiffness profile based on Monte Carlo inversion of surface-wave dispersion spectra13
Profile reconstruction of irregular planar defects by mirrored composite-mode total focusing method13
Thickness evaluations for thin coatings using laser scanning thermography13
Interface stiffness identification of rough and weak bonded interface using developed ultrasonic reflection phase derivative spectrum13
In-situ dynamic monitoring of phase transformation in steels using a multi-frequency electromagnetic sensor13
X-ray detection of ceramic packaging chip solder defects based on improved YOLOv513
Analyzing probability of detection as a function of defect size and depth in pulsed IR thermography13
Rail crack size measurement based on magneto-optical imaging in multi-layer lift-off12
A weak bias-magnetized dynamic permeability testing method for detecting and distinguishing inner and outer diameter defects in gas pipelines12
Characterization of electro-adhesion using surface waves generated and detected by Laser-Ultrasonics12
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Alternative data evaluation methodology for infrared thermography analogous to the Shock Response Spectrum analysis method12
Unpaved road characterization during rainfall scenario: Electromagnetic wave and cone penetration assessment12
Ice matrix composites for Cryo-ultrasonic testing12
Asphalt pavement characterization by GPR using an air-coupled antenna array12
The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors12
Nondestructive characterization of contaminant-induced material softening in epoxy polymers using nonlinear ultrasonic measurements12
Optimization of ultrasonic tomography in concrete using non-linear paths through bio-inspired algorithms12
Defect detectability assessment of notches in a self-piercing rivet using X-ray computed tomography12
Beam-hardening corrections through a polychromatic projection model integrated to an iterative reconstruction algorithm12
Surface defect characterization and depth identification of CFRP material by laser line scanning12
Magneto-optical imaging nondestructive testing of welding defects based on image fusion12
Characterisation of coherent ultrasonic nonlinear imaging12
Comprehensive study on microwave inspection of internal pipe wall thinning: Discontinuities, reflections and signals12
Enhancement of laser-generated ultrasonic wavefield in noisy experimental environments using latent assimilation12
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Deep learning-assisted damage diagnosis of tunnel lining segments using GAN-augmented electromechanical impedance data12
Miniaturized multi-modality field-ready sensing system for defect detection of CFRP materials11
Time-domain analytical solutions to pulsed eddy current model of moving cylindrical conductor11
Reciprocity in laser ultrasound revisited: Is wavefield characterization by scanning laser excitation strictly reciprocal to that by scanning laser detection?11
Double active transient thermography11
Advanced real-time rail monitoring system based on directional eddy current probe11
Determination of the magnetic signature due to the presence of a nonlinear material property gradient in a nickel-based superalloy by thermoelectric means11
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Damage detection in a laboratory-scale wellbore applying Time Reversal and Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (TR NEWS)11
Bicharacteristic probability of detection of crack under multi-factor influences using alternating current field measurement technique11
Research on 3D ground penetrating radar deep underground cavity identification algorithm in urban roads using multi-dimensional time-frequency features11
Dispersion curve calculation for SH0-like guided wave locally propagating at the switch rail foot based on wave finite element method11
Spatial imaging of stratified heterogeneous microstructures: determination of the hardness penetration depth in thermally treated steel parts by laser ultrasound11
Characterization of guided wave in thermal protection system and debonding detection using laser-generated guided wave11
IMU-assisted robotic structured light sensing with featureless registration under uncertainties for pipeline inspection11
Experimental study on leakage detection of grassed earth dam by passive infrared thermography11
Acoustic emission signal characteristics of crack and porosity defects formation during laser cladding WC/Fe313 coatings10
In-line detection of pouch foil damage in batteries during manufacturing using lamb waves10
Ultrasonic multi-view data merging using the vector coherence factor10
Insensitive effect of crack length in non-electrically conductive materials on the displacement current field in electromagnetic induction testing10
Transient eddy current response to pulsed eddy current testing inside a ferromagnetic casing10
A phased array ultrasonic-based enhanced strategy of critically refracted longitudinal (LCR) wave technique10
Ultrasonic phased array phase shift migration imaging of irregular surface components using attenuation compensation and anti-aliasing technique10
Precise internal geometric characterization of multilayer structures using ultrasonic array imaging technology10
Microwave imaging sensor system using metamaterial lens for subwavelength resolution10
Characterization of nonlinear ultrasonic waves behavior while interacting with poor interlayer bonds in large-scale additive manufactured materials10
Characterization of surface properties of a circular tube using nonlinear circumferential guided wave10
Interactive defect segmentation in welding radiographic images based on artificial features fusion10
Generalized multifrequency fusion algorithm for defect detection in eddy current inspection data10
Exploring technological innovations in employing structural health monitoring for glass10
Active compensation method for restraining high-speed MFL signals distortion based on atypical synthesized magnetic field10
Material parameter inversion using cross-entropy optimization based on Lamb Wave dispersion spectra10
A size-distinguishing miniature electromagnetic tomography sensor for small object detection10
Bayesian data fusion of eddy current testing for flaw characterization with uncertainty evaluation10
Enabling near-array ultrasonic imaging with an apex-shifted Radon transform10
Elaboration of a damage monitor and assessment approach for in-situ asphalt pavement layer using portable seismic property analyzer (PSPA)10
Research on non-destructive testing of stress in ferromagnetic components based on metal magnetic memory and the Barkhausen effect10
Non-Destructive methodology for the evaluation of residual stresses by using Active Infrared Thermography measurements10
An eddy current convergence probe with copper core and single detection coil to detect flaws on aluminum plates9
Quantitative evaluation of fatigue cracks on compressor blades using laser ultrasonic technology under high-temperature conditions9
Bearing steels with grinding burns studied by Barkhausen noise and advanced microscopy techniques – Role of carbides stability in steel performance9
Terahertz spectroscopy for the classification of multilayer versus monolayer consumer plastic waste for enhanced recycling9
Optimising full waveform inversion with inhomogeneous transducers: Parameters and considerations for successful implementation9
Deep learning in automated ultrasonic NDE – Developments, axioms and opportunities9
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Assessing accuracy of an efficient analytical-finite element framework for modelling guided wave scattering from corrosion defects in pipes9
Edge-reflected lamb wave exploitation for defect localization in square orthotropic CFRP laminates9
A comparison of X-ray attenuation, differential phase, and dark-field contrast imaging for the detection of porosity in carbon fiber reinforced cyanate ester9
Ultrasonic characterisation of process-induced pores in selective laser melted TiB 9
Going deeper on magneto-optical Faraday effect analysis to detect fatigue crack with high-spatial resolution for non-destructive inspection9
Terahertz nondestructive layer thickness measurement and delamination characterization of GFRP laminates9
Ultrasonic inspection of sludge accumulated in plastic pipes using meta-slab mode-converting wedge transducers9
Assessment of planar NDE methods for damage in open hole carbon fibre laminates9
Feasibility of hyperspectral sensing for detection of early stages of corrosion in structural steel9
Laboratory validation of in-pipe pulsed thermography in the rapid assessment of external pipe wall thinning in buried metallic utilities9
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