A method, comprising: scanning a component with an ultrasonic transducer with a shear wave beam at a depth of a potential microtexture region, MTR, the potential MTR including an area of interest, the potential MTR comprising an elongation direction x and a lateral direction y, the lateral direction y being perpendicular to the elongation direction x, the elongation direction being greater than the lateral direction, the area of interest defining a reference point; rotating the component about an axis, the axis extending through the area of interest; scanning the component at a plurality of angles between 0 and 360 degrees from a radial distance from the axis to form a raster scan having polar coordinates; determining the elongation direction of the potential MTR; analyzing a spatial correlation coefficient, SCC, profile along the elongation direction of the potential MTR relative to the area of interest, the spatial correlation coefficient profile based on a spatial coefficient equation where the numerator is the covariance of two waveforms V(t, x) and V(t, x') and the denominator is a signal energy term used to limit the maximum value of SCC to one: SCC x − x ′ = ∫ V t x × V t, x ′ ∫ V t x 2 × ∫ V t, x ′ 2 comparing a baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient of the area of interest with a threshold baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient for the potential MTR to be characterized as the actual MTR and/or comparing a spatial correlation coefficient slope from the reference point to an adjacent point in the elongation direction to a threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope for the adjacent point to the reference point for the potential MTR to be characterized as the actual MTR; characterizing the potential MTR as the actual MTR or a defect, wherein the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR when the baseband width of spatial correlation coefficient is greater than the threshold baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient or the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR when the spatial correlation coefficient slope is less than the threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope; characterizing the actual MTR as a rejectable MTR or an acceptable MTR when the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR; wherein the threshold width of spatial correlation coefficient is tied with a maximum amplitude of ultrasonic backscattered signals acquired from the area of interest and/or wherein the threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope is tied with a maximum amplitude of ultrasonic backscattered signals acquired from the area of interest. scanning a component with an ultrasonic transducer with a shear wave beam at a depth of a potential microtexture region, MTR, the potential MTR including an area of interest, the potential MTR comprising an elongation direction x and a lateral direction y, the lateral direction y being perpendicular to the elongation direction x, the elongation direction being greater than the lateral direction, the area of interest defining a reference point; rotating the component about an axis, the axis extending through the area of interest; scanning the component at a plurality of angles between 0 and 360 degrees from a radial distance from the axis to form a raster scan having polar coordinates; determining the elongation direction of the potential MTR; analyzing a spatial correlation coefficient, SCC, profile along the elongation direction of the potential MTR relative to the area of interest, the spatial correlation coefficient profile based on a spatial coefficient equation where the numerator is the covariance of two waveforms V(t, x) and V(t, x') and the denominator is a signal energy term used to limit the maximum value of SCC to one: SCC x − x ′ = ∫ V t x × V t, x ′ ∫ V t x 2 × ∫ V t, x ′ 2 comparing a baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient of the area of interest with a threshold baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient for the potential MTR to be characterized as the actual MTR and/or comparing a spatial correlation coefficient slope from the reference point to an adjacent point in the elongation direction to a threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope for the adjacent point to the reference point for the potential MTR to be characterized as the actual MTR; characterizing the potential MTR as the actual MTR or a defect, wherein the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR when the baseband width of spatial correlation coefficient is greater than the threshold baseband width of the spatial correlation coefficient or the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR when the spatial correlation coefficient slope is less than the threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope; characterizing the actual MTR as a rejectable MTR or an acceptable MTR when the potential MTR is characterized as the actual MTR; wherein the threshold width of spatial correlation coefficient is tied with a maximum amplitude of ultrasonic backscattered signals acquired from the area of interest and/or wherein the threshold spatial correlation coefficient slope is tied with a maximum amplitude of ultrasonic backscattered signals acquired from the area of interest.