Image-Based Damage Assessment for Underwater Inspections
Michael O’Byrne, University College Cork;
Bidisha Ghosh, Trinity College Dublin;
Franck Schoefs, University of Nantes;
Vikram Pakrashi, University College Cork
CRC Press, Inc., 2019
ISBN: 9781138031869 ;
Language: English
Image-Based Damage Assessment for Underwater Inspections is a first for structural engineers and inspectors who wish to harness the full potential of cameras as an inspection tool. It is particularly directed to the inspection of offshore and marine structures and the application of image-based methods in underwater inspections. It outlines a set of best-practice guidelines for obtaining imagery. The fundamentals of image processing are covered, along with several image-processing techniques, which can be used to assess multiple damage forms: crack detection, corrosion detection, and depth analysis of marine growth on offshore structures. The book provides benchmark performance measures for these techniques under various visibility conditions using an image repository which will help inspectors to envisage the effectiveness of the techniques when applied. MATLAB scripts and access to the underwater image repository are included throughout the book so readers can run these techniques themselves.
Practicing engineers and managers of infrastructure assets are guided in image-processing-based inspection. Researchers can use this book as a primer, and it also suits advanced graduate courses in infrastructure management or on applied image processing.
