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Beam Hardening and Scattering Correction for a Quantitative X-Ray Inspection of Fuel Rod Welds

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Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

Part of the book series: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation ((RPQN,volume 16))

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In radiography the value of each pixel is related to the material thickness crossed by the X-Rays. Using this relationship, a defect in an object can be located and furthermore characterized by parameters such as depth, surface and volume.

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Retraint, F., Dinten, J.M. (1997). Beam Hardening and Scattering Correction for a Quantitative X-Ray Inspection of Fuel Rod Welds. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5947-4_43

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