BAM Berlin

Film Replacement in Radiographic Weld

Inspection
The New ISO Standard 17636-2

Requests and information to:

Uwe Ewert, Uwe Zscherpel, Mirko Jechow uwez@bam.de

May 2011,
Zscherpel et al. Film Replacement in Radiography 1

Outline
- The 3 essential parameters for image quality in Digital Radiology (DR)
- Signal to noise ratio (SNR) vs. contrast to noise ratio (CNR)
- Specific contrast (µeff)
- Compensation (I) : contrast vs. SNR
- Basic spatial resolution
- Compensation (II): basic spatial resolution vs. SNR
- IQI visibility, calculated from measured essential parameters.
- Minimum requirements of EN ISO/DIS 17636-2: NDT of welds — RT—
Part 2: X- and gamma ray techniques with digital detectors.
- Requirements for system unsharpness in accordance with requirements
for geometrical unsharpness of film radiography in ISO 5579
- Increased SNRN requirements
- 3 compensation principles
- Recent developments in standardization of DR techniques

May 2011,
Zscherpel et al. Film Replacement in Radiography 2