Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features

Deep neural network (DNN) exhibits state-of-the-art performance in many fields including weld defect classification. However, there is still a large room for improving the classification performance over the generic DNN models. In this paper, a unified deep neural network with multi-level features i...

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Main Authors: Yang, Lu, Jiang, Hongquan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129748
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description Deep neural network (DNN) exhibits state-of-the-art performance in many fields including weld defect classification. However, there is still a large room for improving the classification performance over the generic DNN models. In this paper, a unified deep neural network with multi-level features is proposed for weld defect classification. Firstly, we define 11 weld defect features as inputs of our proposed classification model. Not limited to geometric and intensity features, 4 features based on the intensity contrast between weld defect and its background are proposed in this paper. Secondly, we construct a novel deep learning framework: a unified deep neural network, where multi-level features of each hidden layer are fused by the last hidden layer to predict the type of weld defect comprehensively. In addition, we investigate pre-training and fine-turning strategies to get better generalization performance with small dataset. Comparing with other classification methods like SVM and generic DNN model, our framework takes full advantage of multi-level features extracted from each hidden layer, an outstanding performance is shown where the classification accuracy is improved by 3.18% and 4.33% on the test dataset, to reach 91.36%.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1297482022-09-30T12:42:08Z Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features Yang, Lu Jiang, Hongquan Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity Deep neural network (DNN) exhibits state-of-the-art performance in many fields including weld defect classification. However, there is still a large room for improving the classification performance over the generic DNN models. In this paper, a unified deep neural network with multi-level features is proposed for weld defect classification. Firstly, we define 11 weld defect features as inputs of our proposed classification model. Not limited to geometric and intensity features, 4 features based on the intensity contrast between weld defect and its background are proposed in this paper. Secondly, we construct a novel deep learning framework: a unified deep neural network, where multi-level features of each hidden layer are fused by the last hidden layer to predict the type of weld defect comprehensively. In addition, we investigate pre-training and fine-turning strategies to get better generalization performance with small dataset. Comparing with other classification methods like SVM and generic DNN model, our framework takes full advantage of multi-level features extracted from each hidden layer, an outstanding performance is shown where the classification accuracy is improved by 3.18% and 4.33% on the test dataset, to reach 91.36%. 2021-02-11T21:57:34Z 2021-02-11T21:57:34Z 2020-05 2019-08 2021-02-09T04:44:05Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0956-5515 1572-8145 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129748 Yang, Lu and Hongquan Jiang. "Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features." Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 32, 2 (May 2020): 459–469 © 2020 Springer Science Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature en https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-020-01581-2 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer US
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Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title_full Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title_fullStr Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title_full_unstemmed Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title_short Weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi-level features
title_sort weld defect classification in radiographic images using unified deep neural network with multi level features
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129748
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