NDT&E International Has Traditionally Contained Author Indexes and Contents Lists at The

NDT&E International has traditionally contained author indexes and contents lists at the end of each year. Useful though these are, we believe that they would be enhanced by the addition of indexes compiled from keywords associated with each paper. This would allow readers to identify groups of papers in similar areas.

In an electronic environment, the need for a uniform keyword system is particularly important to facilitate effective information search and retrieval.

To ensure a consistent approach we have prepared a list of preferred keywords for use. This list is not exhaustive and should be used as a guideline.

If you feel there are serious omissions please do not hesitate to contact the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher to ensure that new terms are added.

·  acceptance criteria

·  acoustic emission

·  acoustic microscopy

·  acoustoelasticity

·  adhesive bonds

·  aging specimens

·  air-coupled ultrasound

·  algorithm

·  alpha particles

·  aluminium alloys

·  anisotropy

·  array

·  attenuation

·  austenite

·  automated inspection

·  A-scan

·  backscatter

·  Barkhausen effect

·  Barkhausen noise

·  Bayesian inference

·  beta particles

·  bonded joints

·  boundary element method

·  B-scan

·  calibration

·  capacitance

·  carrier-wave

·  casting

·  caustics

·  cementite

·  ceramic materials

·  ceramic-matrix

·  certification

·  coating

·  composite materials

·  composition

·  Compton backscatter

·  computed tomography

·  concrete

·  conductivity

·  control

·  corrosion

·  cracks

·  creep

·  crystalline texture

·  cure monitoring

·  C-scan

·  damage

·  data fusion

·  debond

·  deconvolution

·  defects

·  deformation

·  density

·  depth of penetration

·  depth of profiling

·  dielectric

·  diffraction

·  diffusion

·  digital

·  dispersion

·  dissipation

·  echo

·  eddy currents

·  elastic constants

·  elastic waves

·  electromagnetics

·  electronic

·  EMAT

·  examination

·  experiment

·  fatigue, fractal

·  ferrite

·  ferritic steel

·  FFT

·  fiber

·  FRP (fiber reinforced) plastic

·  field inspection

·  finite difference method

·  finite element method

·  FIRM

·  flux leakage

·  focusing

·  fractography

·  fracture

·  fracture mechanics

·  frequency domain

·  frequency response

·  fuzzy logic

·  gamma rays

·  grain noise

·  Green's functions

·  group velocity

·  guided waves

·  Hall effect

·  hardness

·  health monitoring

·  heat treatment

·  heterodyne

·  high speed photography

·  holography

·  honeycomb

·  imaging

·  image processing

·  impact

·  impulse response

·  inclusion

·  induction

·  infrared, impedance reconstructions

·  infrared thermography

·  infrastructure

·  inhomogeneous

·  inspection systems

·  interface

·  interferometer

·  internal stress measurement

·  internet

·  inverse problem

·  inversion

·  Kaiser effect

·  kurtosis

·  Lamb wave

·  laminography

·  lap

·  laser

·  laser ultrasound

·  layered materials

·  leak detection

·  leaky waves

·  lift-off

·  longitudinal wave

·  machines

·  magnetic methods

·  magnetic materials

·  magnetic particle

·  magneto-optic

·  material characterisation

·  material properties

·  mathematical model(ling)

·  measurement

·  metal-matrix

·  microstructure

·  microwave

·  mode conversion

·  modeling

·  Moire interferometry

·  mm EM waves

·  near-field

·  neural networks

·  neutron

·  noise

·  non-contact

·  nonlinear

·  nuclear magnetic resonance

·  optical

·  optimization

·  orthotropic

·  pattern recognition

·  penetrant

·  percolation

·  phase

·  photoacoustics

·  photoelastic

·  photothermal

·  piezoelectric

·  pipe

·  plane

·  plasma wave

·  plastic

·  polymer

·  porosity

·  potential drop

·  probability of detection (POD)

·  probe

·  processing

·  process monitoring

·  pulse

·  pulse-echo

·  qualification

·  quality systems

·  quantization

·  radar

·  radiography, Radon

·  transforms

·  radiology

·  Rayleigh wave

·  ray tracing

·  real time

·  reconstruction

·  rectifier

·  reflection

·  reliability

·  residual stress

·  resonance

·  RMS

·  SAFT

·  safety

·  sandwich structures

·  scattering

·  sensor

·  shear wave

·  shearography

·  signal processing

·  signal-to-noise ratio

·  simulation

·  sizing

·  speckle

·  spectrum

·  SQUID

·  stainless steel

·  standards

·  statistical analysis

·  steam generator

·  strain

·  stress

·  structures

·  superalloys

·  surface

·  surface characterisation

·  surface flaw

·  surface waves

·  texture

·  theoretical modelling

·  theory

·  thermal conductivity

·  thermal diffusion

·  thermal imaging

·  thermal wave methods

·  thermography

·  thickness

·  time domain

·  time of flight (TOFT/TOFD)

·  titanium

·  tomography

·  training

·  transducer

·  transfer function

·  transient

·  tubes

·  ultrasonic attenuation

·  ultrasonic imaging

·  ultrasonic modeling

·  ultrasonic scattering

·  ultrasonic velocity

·  ultrasonic wavespeed

·  ultrasonics

·  V(z) curves

·  velocity

·  vibration methods

·  virtual reality

·  viscosity

·  visualization

·  visual inspection

·  volume integral method

·  wave equation

·  wave propagation

·  wave scattering

·  waveguide

·  wavelet

·  weldment

·  Wigner transform

·  X-ray diffraction

·  X-ray tomography

·  X-rays