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Xavier Maldague

Xavier Maldague

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
59
Citations
17276
World Ranking
2293
National Ranking
94

Overview

Xavier Maldague is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on thermography and related non-destructive testing techniques. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary subfields including mechanics of materials, aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their main topics of work emphasize thermography and photoacoustic techniques, industrial vision systems and defect detection, calibration and measurement techniques, ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation, infrared target detection methodologies, conservation techniques and studies, and non-destructive testing techniques.

Frequent collaborators include Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Стефано Сфарра, Hai Zhang, Fernando López, and Yuxia Duan.

Common venues for Maldague's publications include:

  • Applied Sciences
  • Sensors
  • Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal
  • NDT & E International
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers by Maldague include:

  • Drone-Based Non-Destructive Inspection of Industrial Sites: A Review and Case Studies, 2021, Drones
  • Automatic Defects Segmentation and Identification by Deep Learning Algorithm with Pulsed Thermography: Synthetic and Experimental Data, 2021, Big Data and Cognitive Computing
  • Comparison of Cooled and Uncooled IR Sensors by Means of Signal-to-Noise Ratio for NDT Diagnostics of Aerospace Grade Composites, 2020, Sensors
  • Introduction of Deep Learning in Thermographic Monitoring of Cultural Heritage and Improvement by Automatic Thermogram Pre-Processing Algorithms, 2021, Sensors
  • A Method of Defect Depth Estimation for Simulated Infrared Thermography Data with Deep Learning, 2020, Applied Sciences

The breadth of Maldague's work covers both theoretical and practical aspects of non-destructive evaluation, leveraging advanced sensor technologies and deep learning algorithms. The interdisciplinary nature of their research integrates engineering fundamentals with emerging computational approaches to address challenges in industrial inspection, aerospace composites, cultural heritage preservation, and related domains.

Best Publications

  • Theory and Practice of Infrared Technology for Nondestructive Testing

    Xavier P. Maldague

  • Pulse phase infrared thermography

    X. Maldague;S. Marinetti

  • Nondestructive evaluation of materials by infrared thermography

    Xavier P. V. Maldague

  • Advances in pulsed phase thermography

    X Maldague;F Galmiche;A Ziadi

  • Comparative Study of Active Thermography Techniques for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Honeycomb Structures

    Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;Jean-Marc Piau;Stéphane Guilbert;Nicolas P. Avdelidis

  • Pulsed phase thermography reviewed

    Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;Xavier Maldague

  • Infrared image processing and data analysis

    C. Ibarra-Castanedo;D. González;M. Klein;M. Pilla

  • Aircraft composites assessment by means of transient thermal NDT

    N.P. Avdelidis;D.P. Almond;A. Dobbinson;B.C. Hawtin;B.C. Hawtin

  • Visualization of body thermoregulation by infrared imaging

    Nabila Bouzida;Abdelhakim Bendada;Xavier P. Maldague

  • Infrared face recognition: A comprehensive review of methodologies and databases

    Reza Shoja Ghiass;Ognjen Arandjelović;Abdelhakim Bendada;Xavier Maldague

  • Thermal (IR) and Other NDT Techniques for Improved Material Inspection

    Daniel Balageas;X. Maldague;Douglas D. Burleigh;V. P. Vavilov

  • New absolute contrast for pulsed thermography

    M. Klein;X. Maldague;M. Pilla;A. Salerno

  • Infrared thermography processing based on higher-order statistics

    Francisco J. Madruga;Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;Olga M. Conde;José M. López-Higuera

  • Drone-Based Non-Destructive Inspection of Industrial Sites: A Review and Case Studies

    Parham Nooralishahi;Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;Shakeb Deane;Fernando López

  • Applications of infrared thermography in nondestructive evaluation

    Xavier Maldague

  • Non-destructive Investigation of Paintings on Canvas by Continuous Wave Terahertz Imaging and Flash Thermography

    Hai Zhang;Stefano Sfarra;Stefano Sfarra;Karan Saluja;Jeroen Peeters

  • A study of defect depth using neural networks in pulsed phase thermography: modelling, noise, experiments

    Xavier Maldague;Yves Largouët;Jean-Pierre Couturier

  • Definition of a new thermal contrast and pulse correction for defect quantification in pulsed thermography

    Hernán D. Benítez;Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;AbdelHakim Bendada;Xavier Maldague

  • Optimization of pulsed thermography inspection by partial least-squares regression

    Fernando Lopez;Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo;Vicente de Paulo Nicolau;Xavier Maldague

  • An adaptive fusion approach for infrared and visible images based on NSCT and compressed sensing

    Qiong Zhang;Xavier Maldague

  • Neural network based defect detection and depth estimation in TNDE

    Akbar Darabi;Xavier Maldague

  • Infrared face recognition: a comprehensive review of methodologies and databases

    Reza Shoja Ghiass;Ognjen Arandjelovic;Hakim Bendada;Xavier Maldague

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Sarasini
Fabrizio Sarasini Sapienza University of Rome
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval
Ognjen Arandjelovic
Ognjen Arandjelovic University of St Andrews
Yuan Yao
Yuan Yao National Tsing Hua University
John Molson
John Molson Université Laval
Faïçal Larachi
Faïçal Larachi Université Laval
Qian Chen
Qian Chen Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Antonios Tsourdos
Antonios Tsourdos Cranfield University
Weihua Gui
Weihua Gui Central South University
Darryl P Almond
Darryl P Almond University of Bath

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