Image processing of ESPI based on measurement the welding dynamic displacement fields

A dual-beam electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) system was adopted to get speckle patterns for the measurement of welding dynamic displacement fields. The mathematical model of this system was described, based on which methods of the ESPI pattern image processing were discussed. Gray transformation and histogram equalization were used to enhance the contrast of speckle patterns. A discrete cosine image processing method was carried out and an exponent low-pass filter was chosen to reduce multiplicative noise in speckle patterns. Speckle grain noise can be eliminated effectively after these processes.