The invention discloses an
eddy current testing reliability evaluation method and
system based on
signal space distribution characteristics, and belongs to the technical field of
nondestructive testing. According to the method,
eddy current signal space distribution characteristics and the detection probability (POD) and the
false detection rate (PFA) in
nondestructive testing reliability evaluation indexes are fused, and the method is used for comprehensively evaluating the defect detection capacity and the reliability of a detection
system. By introducing the Gini coefficient to quantitatively detect the imbalance of
signal space distribution, the method effectively characterizes the distinguishability of signals in a defect state and a defect-
free state, and replaces traditional POD and PFA analysis methods based on single-point amplitude or phase characteristics. Compared with a traditional method, the Gini coefficient can more comprehensively represent the overall distribution characteristics of the signals, the influence of
noise is small, and the method is particularly suitable for the
eddy current detection environment under the condition of the low signal-to-
noise ratio. Besides, a POD and PFA relation curve is constructed based on Gini coefficients, ROC analysis is performed, the defect
detection rate can be effectively increased, the
false detection rate can be reduced, and the reliability of the
nondestructive testing system can be evaluated more efficiently and accurately.