(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- Flash! Filters from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies provide one-click image optimization, resulting in faster image enhancement and streamlined inspection workflow. Flash! Filters are available for weld and casting inspections, two core applications for digital X-ray inspections. A plug-in module for GE’s Rhythm Review, Flash! Filters automatically apply enhancements with one mouse click, eliminating time previously spent adjusting the brightness and contrast settings to obtain the sharpest image. Flash! Filters can also convert flat digital images into a film-like image.

“We analyzed hundreds of weld and casting images from various scanners, sources, and environment conditions to develop the most optimized solution, providing the fastest image enhancement, while decreasing analysis time,” says Rick Cuscino, product manager for digital conversion at GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies.

Following the nondestructive testing standard, ASTM E2663-08—“Standard practice for digital imaging and communication in nondestructive evaluation (DICONDE) for ultrasonic test methods,” the filters are applied as layers on the image, giving operators the ability to always revert to the raw image, ensuring reliability of the data. Using Flash! Filters saves approximately 10 seconds of analysis time per five inches of weld. GE’s Rhythm suite of user-friendly software offers advanced image review tools and data management for remote visual inspection, X-ray, and ultrasonic testing methods. Rhythm accepts data and provides application tools for analysis, enhancement, measurement, reporting, and storage of received data.

For more information, visit www.gesensinginspection.com.