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Signal Processing

Background:

Guided wave imaging is crucial for structural health monitoring (SHM) but computationally intensive, particularly adaptive methods like minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) imaging.
MVDR imaging requires matrix inversion per pixel, posing significant computational challenges for real-time applications.
Instantaneous windowing has previously enhanced guided wave imaging performance and offers potential for computational reduction.

Discussion:

This paper presents a novel formulation for MVDR imaging incorporating instantaneous windowing.
The proposed method optimizes the matrix inversion step, reducing computational complexity to levels comparable to conventional delay-and-sum (DAS) imaging algorithms.
A vectorized implementation approach is detailed for efficient execution of guided wave imaging algorithms in matrix-based software.

Key Insights:

Instantaneous windowing significantly reduces the computational cost of MVDR-based guided wave imaging.
The optimized MVDR imaging approach achieves computational efficiency similar to DAS imaging.
Vectorized implementation further enhances the practicality of these advanced imaging techniques.

Outlook:

The optimized and vectorized guided wave imaging methods enable more efficient and widespread adoption of SHM.
Further research can explore the application of these techniques to complex structural geometries and damage scenarios.
Quantified improvements in computation time validate the practical benefits for various array sizes and windowing assumptions.