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News Release from: GE Inspection Technologies | Subject: Rhythm Visual
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 September 2007
Software manages inspection data
Rhythm Visual is compatible with imaging equipment including video borescopes, pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) cameras and other digital cameras.
GE Inspection Technologies' Rhythm Visual provides effective, flexible and robust management of remote visual inspection (RVI) data This can result in easier reporting, with time savings of up to 70%, standardised reporting for ease of comparison, more effective data storage to facilitate database searches and simplification of information sharing
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Rhythm Visual is compatible with imaging equipment including video borescopes, pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) cameras and other digital cameras.
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In operation, inspection data is entered into a set menu generated by the software to accompany the image generated by the RVI equipment.
Typically, entered data will describe what is in the image, where the image was taken, date and time and other key inspection data.
Image descriptions and additional notes can be entered into a laptop running Rhythm Visual software when saving the image, either at the time of inspection or at the end of an inspection shift.
It is also possible to import a CAD drawing or original equipment image to assist the inspection and to help with any subsequent inspection decisions.
Similarly, stereo, shadow and comparison measurements taken on the video borescope can also be incorporated.
Finally, an on-site standardised inspection report is generated and this can be archived, shared with remote expert operations or quality control locations or sent for expert analysis, with no limit on the size of data file transferred.
All data used with Rhythm Visual is saved and transferred in the DICONDE format, an adaptation of the DICOM standard (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) for nondestructive evaluation.
DICONDE uses many of the features which have been proven in the medical sector and incorporates many new features which are purely NDE-focused.
Rhythm's compliance with this data communication protocol ensures that users are not restricted by current proprietary formats.
It can also avoid legacy data conversions when upgrading inspection systems and means that data will never become obsolete.
Moreover, the software architecture is scaleable and the system is modular so that it can be expanded to meet future requirements.
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