OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Prediction of Residual Strains Due to In-Plane Fibre Waviness in Defective Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers Using Ultrasound Data	46
Evaluation of RGB-D Image for Counting Exposed Aggregate Number on Pavement Surface Based on Computer Vision Technique	40
Visually Encoded Contact Inspection System for EMATs	34
Unsupervised Enhancement of Ultrasonic Sequential Images Based on High-Frequency Feature Extraction and Bi-ConvLSTM	25
A Comparison Among Some Non-linear Prediction Tools on Indirect Determination of Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Modulus of Elasticity of Basalt	24
Simulation-Trained Neural Networks for Automatable Crack Detection in Magnetic Field Images	22
MLP ANN Equipped Approach to Measuring Scale Layer in Oil-Gas-Water Homogeneous Fluid by Capacitive and Photon Attenuation Sensors	22
Impact-Delamination Detection in Repaired-Composite Laminates Using Numerical and Ultrasonic Method	22
Photothermal NDE of UD/Epoxy-Based Carbon Fibre Reinforced Laminates for Quantitative Porosity Analysis	22
Determination of Thermal Parameters using Thermography and Data Assimilation and its Application to the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient	21
Use of Passive Thermography to Detect Detachment and Humidity in Façades Clad with Ceramic Materials of Differing Porosities	21
Surface Extraction for Industrial CT Based on Surface Tracking	20
Avalanche-Like Dynamics of Indentation-Induced Plastic Deformation in AZ31 Revealed by Acoustic Emission	19
Computer Vision-Based Quantitative Detection of Bolt Loosening Using Two-Stage Perspective Distortion Correction Method	19
A Thickness Measurement Method Immune to Lift-Off Fluctuation Using Sweep-Frequency Eddy Current Testing	18
Eddy Current Method in Non-Magnetic Aluminide Coating Thickness Assessment	18
Cut-Off Thickness Identification of Defects with Single and Two-Step Geometries Using SH1 Mode Conversion	17
A Physics-informed Wave Tomography Framework for Defect Reconstruction: A Collaborative Network Scheme	16
Localisation of Ultrasonic NDT Data Using Hybrid Tracking of Component and Probe	16
Classification of Time–Frequency Maps of Guided Waves Using Foreground Extraction	16
The Application, Challenge, and Developing Trends of Non-destructive Testing Technique for Large-scale and Complex Engineering Components Fabricated by Metal Additive Manufacturing Technology in Aeros	15
3D Remote Assistance for NDT Inspections	15
Practical Part-Specific Trajectory Optimization for Robot-Guided Inspection via Computed Tomography	15
A Vision-Based Displacement Measurement Method of Wind Turbine Blades in Biaxial Fatigue Testing	15
Assessment of TSA Technique for the Estimation of CFRP T-Joint Debonding	15

Inline Pipeline Inspection Using Hybrid Deep Learning Aided Endoscopic Laser Profiling	14
Bayesian-Network-Based Evaluation for Corrosion State of Reinforcements Embedded in Concrete by Multiple Electrochemical Indicators	13
Experimental Study on Monitoring and Prediction of Earth-rockfill Dam Leakage Based on Infrared Thermography	13
Infrared Thermal Imaging-Based Turbine Blade Crack Classification Using Deep Learning	13
Modeling and Analysis of Ellipticity Dispersion Characteristics of Lamb Waves in Pre-stressed Plates	13
Methodology for Mapping the Residual Stress Field in Serviced Rails Using LCR Waves	13
A New Dual-Mode Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer for Preload Measurement of Superalloy Bolts	13
Highlighting Concealed Features in Welding X-ray Radiography	12
Enhancing Limited-Sample Probability of Detection Estimation Using Models and Advanced Regression Techniques	12
X-ray Inspection Model Validation with Physical Dosimetry	12
The Detection of Local Impact Fatigue Damage on Metal Materials by Combining Nonlinear Acoustic Modulation and Coda Wave Interferometry	12
Nondestructive Evaluation of Banana Maturity Using NIR AS7263 Sensor	12
Reconstruction of the Ferromagnetic Hysteresis in the Rayleigh Regime by Means of Impedance Analysis of the Excitation Coil	11
Evaluation Metrics for Comparison between Virtual and Industrial XCT	11
Implementation of the Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Technique for Microstructural Characterization of Rail Steel	11
Prediction of Micro-Cracks in Steel Structures Subjected to Fatigue by Means of Acoustic Emission	11
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Damage Determination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Digital Image Correlation	11
Micro Drill Resistance Instrument Measurements at Different Feed Speeds: Novel Conversion Algorithm for Enhanced Accuracy	11
Segmentation of Inner Surface Defects of Stainless Steel Pipes Based on Semi-bilateral Efficient Self-Attention Network	10
Rupture Disc Monitoring Using Electro-mechanical Impedance (EMI): A Feasibility Study	10
Ultrasonic Imaging Technique for NDE: Arbitrary Virtual Array Source Aperture with using Sign Coherence Factor	10
Bedrock Identification and Bedrock Depth Prediction in Asphalt Pavements Using Pavement System Transfer Function	10
Nonlinear Ultrasonic Inspection of the Effect of Contaminants on Material Properties of Epoxy-Adhesive	10
Analysis of the Microstructure and Hardness of Flake Graphite Cast Iron Using the Barkhausen Noise Method and Conventional Techniques	10
Intelligent Defect Detection Method for Additive Manufactured Lattice Structures Based on a Modified YOLOv3 Model	10
Missing Rail Fastener Detection Based on Laser Doppler Vibrometer Measurements	10
Application of Magnetic and Eddy-Current Methods to Assess the Thickness of the Hardened Layer on the Surface of AISI 321 Metastable Austenitic Steel Subjected to Frictional Treatment	10
CNN-CHD: Combining Clustering Hierarchical Divisive and CNN for Enhanced Weld Defect Detection	9
Titanium Alloy Weld Time-of-Flight Diffraction Image Denoising Based on a Wavelet Feature Fusion Deep-Learning Model	9
Adaptive and High-Precision Isosurface Meshes from CT Data	9
Design of Concrete Mock-Ups with Complex Defect Scenarios Using Numerical Simulations	9
A New Method for the Microfocus X-ray Computed Tomography Visualization and Quantitative Exploration of Reinforcement Particles in Additively Manufactured Superalloy IN718	9
Investigation of the Influence of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Laminate Composites During Progressive Tensile Damage Using Acoustic Emission	9
Acoustic Emission Signal Feature Extraction for Bearing Faults Using ACF and GMOMEDA	9
Enhancing Computed Tomography-Based Pore Mesh Models Through Matching with Microscope Cross-Section Images	9
A Multi-Sensor Detection Method Based on WGAN-GP and Attention-Bi-GRU for Well Control Pipeline Defects	8
A Novel Method for Enhancing the Image Quality of Neutron Projection Image	8
Correction: MLP ANN Equipped Approach To Measuring Scale Layer in Oil-Gas-Water Homogeneous Fluid by Capacitive and Photon Attenuation Sensors	8
Debond Identification in GFRP Strengthened RC Beam Using Surface Guided Wave Mode Generated by Angle Beam Transducer	8
Evaluation of Welding Imperfections with X-ray Computed Laminography for NDT Inspection of Carbon Steel Plates	8
Smart Estimation of Sandstones Mechanical Properties Based on Thin Section Image Processing Techniques	8
Magnetostrictive Guided Wave Transducer with Semicircular Structure for Defect Detection of Semi-Exposed Pipe	8
Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging for Defects in Angle Blind Spots Based on the Solid Directivity Function	8
Resonant Ultrasonic Testing can Quantitatively Assess the Microscopic Porosity of Complex-Shaped Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Components	8
Non-Contact Inspection Methods for Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance: Techno–Economic Review of Techniques for Integration with Industry 4.0	8
Depth Accurate Prediction and Kerf Quality Improvement of CFRP Through-Hole Laser Cutting via Acoustic Emission Nondestructive Monitoring Technology	8
Impact of Wind Speed on the Use of Active Infrared Thermography	8
Theoretical Analysis on the Distribution of Eddy Current in Motion-Induced Eddy Current Testing and High-Speed MFL Testing	8
Point-to-Point Dispersion Estimation of Lamb Waves	7
Nondestructive Characterization of Multiscale Defects in an Aluminum Alloy After Cold Spray Repair	7

Non-Destructive Measurement of Chloride Profiles in Cementitious Materials Using NMR	7
Innovative IoT-Integrated Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Chloride Penetration in Concrete Structures	7
Conductivity Measurement of Non-magnetic Material Using the Phase Feature of Eddy Current Testing	7
Analysis of a Prototype Multi-Detector Fast-Neutron Radiography Panel	7
Eddy Current Testing in the Quantitive Assessment of Degradation State in MAR247 Nickel Superalloy with Aluminide Coatings	7
Assessing the Influence of Welded Joint on Health Monitoring of Rail Sections: An Experimental Study Employing SVM and ANN Models	7
Adaptive Ultrasonic Imaging Total Focusing Method Based on Covariance Correlation Weighting Factor	7
Eigen Background Subtraction for Industrial Flaw Detection: Application to High-Pressure Turbine Blade CT Scans	7
Determination of Thermal Parameters of Concrete by Active Thermographic Measurements	7
Structural Health Assessment of Timber Utility Poles Using Stress Wave Propagation and Artificial Neural Network Techniques	7
Progress and Trends in Non-destructive Testing for Thermal Barrier Coatings Based on Infrared Thermography: A Review	7
High Energy X-Ray Source Characterization at 0.450, 3, 6, 9, and 15 MVp	6
Identification of Structural Damage Severity Using an Inverse Wave Analysis	6
Image Analysis of the Automatic Welding Defects Detection Based on Deep Learning	6
Ultrasonic Lamb Wave Damage Detection of CFRP Composites Using the Bayesian Neural Network	6
Instance Segmentation XXL-CT Challenge of a Historic Airplane	6
Ultrasonic Testing of Corrosion in Aircraft Rivet Using Spiking Neural Network	6
Detection of Delaminations in Concrete Plates Using a Laser Ablation Impact Echo Technique	6
Use of Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of the Microstructure of Alkali Activated SiMn Slag: Influence of Activator and Time Evolution	6
LSOD-YOLO: Lightweight Small Object Detection Algorithm for Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection	6
Nondestructive Evaluation of the Isolated Pore Spatial Distribution State in a Special-Shaped C/SiC Composite Component	6
Delamination Defect Evaluation in CFRP Composite Patches by the Use of Active Thermography	6
The Detection of Impact Damage to the Edges of CFRP Plates Using Extensional Ultrasonic Edge Waves	6
A Review of the Applicability of Non-destructive Testing for the Determination of the Fire Performance of Reused Structural Timber	6
Multilevel Kernel Degeneration–Adaptive Cross Approximation Method to Model Eddy Current NDE Problems	6
Research on Ultrasonic NDT of Wire to Terminal Joints: Comparison of Combinations of Various CNNs and Signal Processing Technologies	6
Reduced Training Data for Laser Ultrasound Signal Interpretation by Neural Networks	6
Air-Coupled Broadband Impact-Echo Actuation Using Supersonic Jet Flow	6
Acoustic Emission Waveform Analysis for Instability and Failure Evaluation of Snow	5
Particle Filter-Based Fault Prognosis of Live XLPE Insulated Aerial Bundled Cables Installed at Coastal Regions Using Historical Infrared Thermography Data	5
Automated Defect Recognition of Castings Defects Using Neural Networks	5
Continuous High-Temperature Thermoelectric Power Monitoring of Thermal Embrittlement	5
A Crack Detection Method for Aero-engine Blade Based on Air-Flow Thermography	5
The Analysis of High Sensitivity Time–Frequency Spectral Parameters in Magnetic Barkhausen Noise for the Characterization of Mechanical Properties	5
A Novel Quantitative Detection Model Based on Scanning Mode of Planar Double-Electrode Sensor	5
Inductive Thermography and Data Fusion for Enhanced Detection of Tunneling Defects in Friction Stir Welding	5
Defects Imaging in Corner Part with Surface Adaptive Ultrasonic and Focusing in Receiving (FiR) Strategy	5
Sensitivity of Barkhausen Noise in Monitoring the Surface Integrity of SAE 4340 Hardened Steel After Turning Process	5
Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducer Response Using Laser Doppler Interferometer in kHz-Range for Civil Engineering Applications	5
Micromagnetic and Quantitative Prediction of Surface Hardness in Carbon Steels Based on a Joint Classification-Regression Method	5
Application of Dual-target Computed Tomography for Material Decomposition of Low-Z Materials	5
NDE Data Correlation Using Encoder–Decoder Networks with Wavelet Scalogram Images	5
Influence of Defects on Stress Detection by Magnetic Barkhausen Noise	5
Nondestructive Evaluation of Postfire Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frames: Field Tests	5
A Segmentation Network and an Evaluation Method for Conveyor Belt Damage Detection Based on Improved YOLOv11	5
Feature-Sensitive Ring Artifact Correction for Computed Tomography	5
Vision-Based Damage Detection in CFRP Beams Using Optical Flow and Mahalanobis-Enhanced Deep Learning Models	5
Automated Detection of Delamination Defects in Composite Laminates from Ultrasonic Images Based on Object Detection Networks	5
Detecting Defects in Composites Using Combined Heating/Cooling: Theory and Experiments	5
Immersive Inspection: Intuitive Material Analysis using X-Ray Computed Tomography Data in AR	5
Multi-frequency Fused Lock-in Thermography in Detecting Defects at Different Depths	5
A Spatial Broadband Magnetic Flux Leakage Method for Trans-scale Defect Detection	5
Approach for Automatic Defect Detection in Aluminum Casting X-Ray Images Using Deep Learning and Gain-Adaptive Multi-Scale Retinex	5
Depth Evaluation of Curvilinear Cracks in Metal Using Multi-speed Laser Lock-in Thermography Method	5
Interpretable Dimensionality Reduction in 3D Image Recognition with Small Sample Sizes	5
Intelligent Extraction of Surface Cracks on LNG Outer Tanks Based on Close-Range Image Point Clouds and Infrared Imagery	5
Thermographic Estimation of the Area and Depth of Buried Heat Sources for Nondestructive Characterization of Horizontal Defects	5
A Lightweight RT-DETR Model for Metal Surface Defect Detection Using Multi-Scale Network and Additive Attention Mechanism	5