让工业缺陷检测既准又看得懂,用可解释的神经网络分析X光切片图像。
Interpretable Computer Vision for Defect Detection in X-ray Tomography of Aerospace SiC/SiC Composites

- 引入原型层,让每个判断都有对应的真实图像证据。
- 在1.2万张样本上达到95.7%准确率,精度和特异性显著提升。
- 适合需要可追溯决策的航空航天材料质检场景。
通过X射线计算机断层扫描(XCT)对航空航天SiC/SiC复合材料进行无损检测,依赖专家视觉评估,现有流程对判别结果缺乏可追溯性。深度卷积网络虽能自动化缺陷检测,但其黑箱特性与工业检测所需的透明性相冲突。为此,我们提出p-ResNet-50,一种在卷积框架中引入原型层的模型,兼顾高检测精度与基于案例的可解释性。六个学习到的原型明确对应专家定义的语义类别:健康基体、基体-空气界面、孔洞、线状缺陷及混合形貌,使每项分类可追溯至物理意义明确的参考图像。设计两种新正则化项——锚定式与众数式,将原型绑定至专家选取的图像块,防止原型坍塌,解决原型网络的已知缺陷。通过UMAP的潜在空间分析,揭示了语义一致的子区域,并定位误判集中出现的不确定性区域,为检测员提供模型可信度的直观图景。该框架在约1.2万张来自四块缺陷丰富的实验室样品的XCT图像块上验证。以黑箱ResNet-50为基线(ROC-AUC=0.991),原型扩展版本性能相当(准确率0.957 vs. 0.959;ROC-AUC 0.994 vs. 0.993),虽略有灵敏度下降,但精度与特异性更高。每个决策均有代表性证据图像支持,且模型显式标注不确定性区域。除缺陷识别外,本框架还建立了一套将领域专家知识嵌入原型网络的可复用方法,适用于其他需可追溯、可审计决策的XCT检测场景。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Non-destructive testing of aerospace SiC/SiC composites via X-ray computed tomography (XCT) relies on expert visual assessment, with current workflows offering limited traceability for accept/reject decisions. Deep convolutional networks can automate defect detection, yet their black-box nature conflicts with the transparency that industrial inspection practice demands. To close this gap, we introduce p-ResNet-50, a convolutional framework extended with a prototype layer that couples high detection accuracy with case-based explanations. Six learned prototypes are explicitly aligned with expert-defined semantic categories-healthy matrix, matrix--air interfaces, pores, line-like defects, and mixed morphologies-so that every classification is traceable to a physically meaningful reference. Two novel regularisation terms, anchor-based and medoid-based, tether prototypes to expert-selected patches and prevent prototype collapse, addressing a known limitation of prototype networks. Latent-space analysis via UMAP delineates semantically coherent sub-domains and maps zones of uncertainty where misclassifications concentrate, giving inspectors an explicit picture of where the model is-and is not-reliable. The framework is validated on an XCT patch dataset of approximately 12,000 patches extracted from four defect-rich SiC/SiC laboratory specimens. Taking a black-box ResNet-50 as a baseline (ROC-AUC = 0.991), the prototype extension achieves comparable performance (accuracy 0.957 vs. 0.959; ROC-AUC 0.994 vs. 0.993) while trading a slight reduction in sensitivity for higher precision and specificity. Each decision is backed by representative evidence patches, and the model explicitly flags its uncertainty regions. Beyond defect mapping, the framework establishes a reusable methodology for embedding domain-expert knowledge into prototype networks, applicable to other XCT inspection scenarios requiring traceable, auditable decisions.
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