journal article·2026-05

Intelligent detection of pipeline girth weld defects: a non-destructive testing domain knowledge-integrated approach

Yong Zhang, Hongquan Jiang, Huyue Cheng, Tianjun Liu, Yuhang Qiu, Deyan Yang, Peng Liu, Jianmin Gao, Zelin Zhi, Deqiang Jing, Xiaoming Zhang

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