Research Article

Fractals and Independent Component Analysis for Defect Detection in Bridge Decks

Table 1

Actual and estimated horizontal location of defects in the 15 cm slab*.

ScanActual locationEstimated locationDiff

Scan 285.7387.071.34

Scan 522.2322.120.11
73.0374.141.11

Scan 68.899.730.84

Scan 78.8910.111.22
16.5117.150.64

Scan 927.3124.462.85

Scan 108.266.961.30
28.5826.591.99

Scan 119.538.760.77
48.2644.733.53

Scan 1336.83NDND

Scan 1449.5354.895.36
81.2883.211.93

Average1.77

*All measurements are in cm; ND means the defective segment is not detected.