KR101963820B1 - Reflection mode nonlinear ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention comprises: a plurality of probes mounted on a first surface of a test subject and receiving a first reflected signal and a second reflected signal; And a processing unit for calculating a nonlinear parameter value of the subject using the second reflected signal, wherein the first reflected signal is a signal obtained by reflecting an ultrasonic wave propagated from the first surface to the second surface of the object to be inspected And the second reflection signal may be a signal in which a time inverse signal propagated from the first surface to the second surface is reflected.
Description
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic nondestructive diagnosis apparatus for inspecting defects of an object by using ultrasonic waves.
Among the nondestructive testing methods, ultrasound testing is a representative technique for detecting defects in industrial facilities and evaluating reliability. In an ultrasonic test, nonlinear defects such as cracks are the most difficult defects to examine. For microcracks, it is a common practice to identify the diffraction wave at the tip of the crack or the reflected wave at the crack surface to perform defect inspection.
However, in the case of a closed crack or a partially closed crack, it is very difficult to detect a defect because the diffraction signal at the crack tip is very weak or the reflection signal of the crack face does not appear.
Although phased array ultrasound studies have been developed to focus a beam onto a defect and thereby enhance the detection signal, it is difficult to expect an improvement in the detection of cracks, which are nonlinear defects.
It is also possible to consider a method of detecting a nonlinear component occurring when a crack surface is opened or closed by radiating a strong incident wave and by the incident wave. However, in the case of a closed crack, nonlinearity due to crack opening / The component output is so weak that it is difficult to perform a successful inspection.
Korean Patent Registration No. 1414520 discloses a technique for determining presence or absence of a small structure by vibrating a structure by applying signals of different frequencies.
The present invention is intended to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of reliably acquiring a nonlinear parameter value necessary for grasping an abnormality of an object.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, It will be possible.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention comprises: a plurality of probes mounted on a first surface of a test subject and receiving a first reflected signal and a second reflected signal; And a processing unit for calculating a nonlinear parameter value of the subject using the second reflected signal, wherein the first reflected signal is a signal obtained by reflecting an ultrasonic wave propagated from the first surface to the second surface of the object to be inspected And the second reflection signal may be a signal in which a time inverse signal propagated from the first surface to the second surface is reflected.
According to the present invention, the absolute value of the non-linear parameter of the damaging material can be measured using the longitudinal wave received in the reflection mode and the focused beam based on advanced signal processing techniques.
A practical nonlinear ultrasonic diagnostic technique of a new concept capable of accurately predicting the degree of damage of the material by the absolute value of the nonlinear parameter can be provided.
1 is a schematic view showing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an ultrasound beam focusing process according to the time reversing process of the present invention.
3 is a frequency spectrum of a comparative example.
4 is a schematic view showing the ultrasonic diagnostic method of the present invention.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The sizes and shapes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience. In addition, terms defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Definitions of these terms should be based on the content of this specification.
1 is a schematic view showing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention.
The nonlinear ultrasound method for observing the second harmonic generated when a single-frequency ultrasound of a strong intensity is incident on a damage material (hereinafter referred to as the subject 10) such as plastic deformation, fatigue, and creep is an effective method for early detection of damage It is known. Nonlinear sonography, however, remains at the laboratory level, using the longitudinal wave and transmission methods, to find the correlation between the relative nonlinear parameter values and the degree of damage.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention accurately measures the degree of damage of the
In order to perform diagnosis such as detecting the damage position of the subject in an actual field, it is required to measure the absolute nonlinear parameter value through calibration of the receiving module that receives the signal passing through the subject. Calibration of the receiving module is performed using the second harmonic component included in the signal. However, in the case of the known nonlinear ultrasound method, the measured second harmonic component has a critical limit of almost zero. Therefore, the existing nonlinear ultrasonic inspection method can not be used in an actual field where various noises that make it difficult to detect the second harmonic are scattered, and is applied only in a laboratory where noise can be excluded.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention may be for calculating a nonlinear parameter value of the
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention may include a
The
The first reflected signal may be a signal reflected from the
The second reflected signal may be a signal in which the time reversed signal propagated from the
One of the plurality of
The
The plurality of
The time reversal signal may be radiated from the plurality of
When the first reflected signal is reflected from a specific position P on the
The
The
The ultrasonic waves may be reflected at the P position on the
A plurality of
In order to assured beam focusing, a three-channel
Since the signal emitted from each
The
2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an ultrasound beam focusing process according to the time reversing process of the present invention. Although FIG. 1 shows the time reversal method for the array transducers in which the
1, one of the
1, a scatter signal (first reflected signal) reflected at the P position of the
According to the time reversal method of the present invention, data on the difference in time delay amount and waveform difference is required, but knowledge of the prior information is not required at all.
The difference in time delay amount and waveform difference between the
The prior information on the geometrical shape and the physical properties of the subject 10 can be restored by using the signals returned by propagating the inside of the subject 10 without knowing prior information of the array transducer or the subject 10 at all . The time reversal method is based on the property that the propagation time of the ultrasonic waves is constant for the array transducer or the subject 10 even if no advance information is input to the array transducer or the subject.
1, a waveform (first reflected signal) acquired by the
The original signal received in the time reversal process of the received signal can be used as is, or the nonlinear signal of the particular mode of interest can be selectively extracted and the time reversal processed, and the P position can be analyzed accurately.
Referring to FIG. 1, the ultrasound beam (time reversal signal) concentrated at the P position is again received (second reflected signal) at each
That is, when each
In order to improve the inspection accuracy of the nonlinear defect, the signal reception time of the
The first reflected signal may be input to the
The
The first reflected signal contains information about nonlinear defects such as the interface. Therefore, the time reversed signal obtained by performing the time reversal processing on the first reflection signal can be accurately focused on the P position having the nonlinear characteristic according to the time reversal processing without knowing the prior information at all. The time reversal signal propagated to the P position can be reflected at the P position again and can be obtained at each
The
The
The
The
The
The
The probe calibration module can calibrate the receiving frequency of the
The time reversal signal processing module may apply the time reversal method to the first reflected signal received by each
The received signal processing module may process the first reflected signal or the second reflected signal. For example, the received signal processing module may apply a time delay to a plurality of second reflected signals obtained from the plurality of
The absolute displacement calculation module may calculate the absolute displacement of the second harmonic component or the like by multiplying the fundamental frequency component or the second harmonic component by the transfer function of the
The nonlinear parameter value calculation module can calculate the nonlinear parameter value? As shown in Equation (1) using the calculated absolute displacement.
The diffraction and attenuation correction module can correct the diffraction and attenuation factors included in the second reflection signal and the like.
The detailed operation and mathematical model of the probe calibration module, the received signal processing module, the absolute displacement calculation module, the nonlinear parameter value calculation module, the diffraction and attenuation correction module and the mathematical model are described in the paper 'Review of Second Harmonic Generation Measurement Techniques for Material State Determination in Metals' Nondestruct Eval. DOI 10.1007 / s10921-014-0273-5.
The multi-channel frequency generator may generate a time reversal signal assigned to a plurality of
The multi-channel amplifier can amplify the time reversal signal assigned to each
The impedance matcher is to prevent the time reversal signal from being reflected on the
3 is a frequency spectrum of a comparative example.
In the case of a comparison signal reflected at the
Therefore, it is impossible to calculate the nonlinear parameter value by using the comparison signal for the
According to the present invention, the first reflected signal may include a second harmonic component having a very large magnitude since it is reflected on the
4 is a schematic view showing the ultrasonic diagnostic method of the present invention.
First, ultrasonic waves can be radiated to the
Ultrasonic waves passing through the inside of the subject 10 can be received by a plurality of
When the first reflection signal received by each
The second reflected signal, which is the time reversal signal reflected at the position P, is received by each
It is possible to multiply the transmission function of each
The nonlinear parameter values before the diffraction / attenuation correction are obtained, and the final nonlinear parameter values can be obtained by correcting the diffraction and attenuation.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention uses only one surface of the subject 10 through the application of the non-contact type excitation and reflection method, so that the applicability to the field is very high. It is not necessary to know the specification of the
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of the present invention can exclude a separate laser irradiation means. The initial excitation can be achieved by using an incident signal generated from a centered transducer (including a plurality of single transducers) in contact with the top surface of the specimen.
The array transducer can receive the first reflected signal reflected from the bottom surface of the specimen.
Signal processing can simultaneously retransmit the first reflected signal received by the array transducer after time reversal (in this case, a high output voltage is applied to each transducer to generate nonlinear ultrasonic waves in the specimen for nonlinear generation at retransmission) . The second reflected signal received from the bottom surface of the specimen is subjected to signal processing to extract the signal of the fundamental frequency and the second harmonic (nonlinear component), and the nonlinear parameter can be measured.
After time reversal, it is important to concentrate the signal at a specific point on the bottom of the specimen through simultaneous retransmission.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.
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And a processing unit for calculating a nonlinear parameter value of the subject using the second reflected signal,
Wherein the first reflection signal is a signal in which ultrasonic waves propagated from the first surface to the second surface of the object are reflected,
The second reflection signal is a signal in which a time inverse signal propagated from the first surface to the second surface is reflected,
Wherein the time reversal signal is generated using the first reflection signal,
One of the transducers disposed at the center of the array transducer generates the ultrasonic wave and radiates toward the second surface,
Wherein the first reflected signal is received by a plurality of probes belonging to the array transducer,
Wherein said time reversal signal is emitted from a plurality of probes belonging to said array transducer,
The second reflected signal is received by a plurality of probes belonging to the array transducer,
Wherein the time reversal signal that is simultaneously radiated through the array transducer after the first reflection signal received by the array transducer is time reversed and includes a high output voltage applied to each of the plurality of transducers belonging to the array transducer,
Non-linear ultrasonic waves are generated in the subject by the time reversal signal including the high output voltage,
Wherein the processing unit processes signals of the second reflection signal received from the subject to extract a signal of a fundamental frequency and a second harmonic, wherein the second harmonic includes a non-linear component, An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for calculating a nonlinear parameter value.
Wherein the time reversal signal emitted from all the plurality of transducers is focused at the specific position when the first reflected signal is reflected from a specific position on the second surface.
Wherein the processing unit analyzes the second reflected signal to extract a fundamental frequency component and a second harmonic component, multiplies each component by a transfer function of the transducer to convert it to an absolute displacement, applies a time delay to the transducer, And the reflected signal is synthesized to calculate the nonlinear parameter value.
And the processing unit corrects the diffraction or attenuation of the second reflected signal to calculate the nonlinear parameter value.
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