Granted Patent B2

US 12,400,377 · App. 17/512,613 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Inventors: Christoph Poliwoda (Heidelberg, DE); Soren Schüller (Heidelberg, DE); Matthias Flessner (Heidelberg, DE); Thomas Günther (Heidelberg, DE)

Assignee: VOLUME GRAPHICS GMBH

G06T11/005G01T7/005

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A computer-implemented method for determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of measurement data, wherein the measurement data are determined by means of a radiographic measurement of a component having a component geometry, wherein a digital component representation is generated by the measurement data, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

determining the measurement data by means of a radiographic measurement of a component;

identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions; and

determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of the determined measurement data, by means of the reference regions;

wherein determining the at least one geometric parameter includes at least the following substep:

determining the positions of the reference regions with respect to one another in the digital component representation, determining projected positions of the reference regions in at least one portion of the determined measurement data, and using the positions of the reference regions and the projected positions of the reference regions for determining at least one geometric parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein between step: determining the measurement data, and step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the method comprises the following step:

determining a provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of at least one predefined geometric start parameter,

wherein in step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the regions are identified one of in the digital component representation or in a segmentation based on the digital component representation.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after step: determining at least one geometric parameter, the method furthermore comprises the following steps:

repeating the following steps as long as a predefined termination criterion is not satisfied:

determining a further provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of the at least one geometric parameter;

identifying regions in the digital component representation as reference regions; and

determining at least one further geometric parameter that replaces the at least one geometric parameter and is required for an evaluation of the measurement data, by means of the reference regions.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in substep: determining the positions of the reference regions with respect to one another in the digital component representation, determining projected positions of the reference regions in at least one portion of the determined measurement data, and using the positions of the reference regions and the projected positions of the reference regions for determining at least one geometric parameter; geometries of the reference regions are taken into account when determining the projected positions.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step: identifying regions in one of the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, regions in which one of material or air inclusions are arranged are identified.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step: determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of the measurement data, by means of the reference regions, certainty parameters of the reference regions are taken into account.

7. A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions which are executable on a computer and which, when executed on the computer, cause the computer to carry out the method according claim 1 .

8. A computer-implemented method for determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of measurement data, wherein the measurement data are determined by means of a radiographic measurement of a component having a component geometry, wherein a digital component representation is generated by the measurement data, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

determining the measurement data by means of a radiographic measurement of a component;

identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions; and

determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of the determined measurement data, by means of the reference regions;

wherein determining the at least one geometric parameter includes at least the following substep:

simulating a radiographic measurement on one of the digital component representation or a segmentation based on the digital component representation, wherein the simulation generates simulated measurement data, and using a comparison of the reference regions in the determined measurement data and the simulated measurement data for determining at least one geometric parameter.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein between step: determining the measurement data, and step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the method comprises the following step:

determining a provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of at least one predefined geometric start parameter,

wherein in step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the regions are identified one of in the digital component representation or in a segmentation based on the digital component representation.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein after step: determining at least one geometric parameter, the method furthermore comprises the following steps:

repeating the following steps as long as a predefined termination criterion is not satisfied:

determining a further provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of the at least one geometric parameter;

identifying regions in the digital component representation as reference regions; and

determining at least one further geometric parameter that replaces the at least one geometric parameter and is required for an evaluation of the measurement data, by means of the reference regions.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in substep: simulating a radiographic measurement on one of the digital component representation or the segmentation based on the digital component representation, wherein the simulation generates simulated measurement data, and using a comparison of the reference regions in the determined measurement data and the simulated measurement data for determining at least one geometric parameter; the simulated measurement data are generated only for regions in the digital component representation which have reference regions.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in step: identifying regions in one of the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, regions in which one of material or air inclusions are arranged are identified.

13. A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions which are executable on a computer and which, when executed on the computer, cause the computer to carry out the method according claim 8 .

14. A computer-implemented method for determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of measurement data, wherein the measurement data are determined by means of a radiographic measurement of a component having a component geometry, wherein a digital component representation is generated by the measurement data, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

determining the measurement data by means of a radiographic measurement of a component;

identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions; and

determining at least one geometric parameter required for an evaluation of the determined measurement data, by means of the reference regions;

wherein determining the at least one geometric parameter includes at least the following substep:

varying at least one geometric parameter of the digital component representation in at least one projection of the digital component representation, determining at least one quality parameter in at least one reference region of a reconstruction of the component that uses the at least one projection, repeating the processes of varying the at least one geometric parameter and determining at least one quality parameter in at least one reference region until at least one optimized geometric parameter has a quality parameter that is a maximum value of all determined quality parameters, and using the at least one optimized geometric parameter as determined at least one geometric parameter.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein between step: determining the measurement data, and step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the method comprises the following step:

determining a provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of at least one predefined geometric start parameter,

wherein in step: identifying regions one of in the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, the regions are identified one of in the digital component representation or in a segmentation based on the digital component representation.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein after step: determining at least one geometric parameter, the method furthermore comprises the following steps:

repeating the following steps as long as a predefined termination criterion is not satisfied:

determining a further provisional reconstruction of the component as digital component representation from at least one portion of the determined measurement data by means of the at least one geometric parameter;

identifying regions in the digital component representation as reference regions; and

determining at least one further geometric parameter that replaces the at least one geometric parameter and is required for an evaluation of the measurement data, by means of the reference regions.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein in substep: varying at least one geometric parameter of the digital component representation in at least one projection of the digital component representation, determining at least one quality parameter in at least one reference region of a reconstruction of the component that uses the at least one projection, repeating the processes of varying the at least one geometric parameter and determining at least one quality parameter in at least one reference region until at least one optimized geometric parameter has a quality parameter that is a maximum value of all determined quality parameters, and using the at least one optimized geometric parameter as determined at least one geometric parameter; only the regions of the digital component representation which have reference regions are reconstructed and analysed by means of the varied geometric parameters in the digital component representation.

18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein in step: identifying regions in one of the digital component representation or in the component geometry as reference regions, regions in which one of material or air inclusions are arranged are identified.

19. A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions which are executable on a computer and which, when executed on the computer, cause the computer to carry out the method according claim 14 .

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