# Simulation-Aided Deep Learning for Laser Ultrasonic Visualization Testing

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18614 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.18614/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 15 of its 41 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 30 May 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 15 of 15)

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## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [A Study on Unsupervised Anomaly Detection and Defect Localization using Generative Model in Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.16580/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In recent years, laser ultrasonic visualization testing (LUVT) has attracted much attention because of its ability to efficiently perform non-contact ultrasonic non-destructive testing.Despite many success reports of deep learning based image analysis for widespread areas, attempts to apply deep learning to defect detection in LUVT images face the difficulty of preparing a large dataset of LUVT images that is too expensive to scale. To compensate for the scarcity of such training data, we propose a data augmentation method that generates artificial LUVT images by simulation and applies a style transfer to simulated LUVT images.The experimental results showed that the effectiveness of data augmentation based on the style-transformed simulated images improved the prediction performance of defects, rather than directly using the raw simulated images for data augmentation.