Patent ID: 7840367

Claim:
A multi-modality inspection system having a common coordinate system, said multi-modality inspection system comprising: at least one of an optical measurement machine and a coordinate measurement machine (CMM) measurement system; at least one of an ultrasound (UT) system and an infrared radiography (IR) system; and an inspection artifact configured for connection to at least one of said optical and CMM measurement systems, and at least one of said UT and IR systems, said inspection artifact comprising: a central portion, a plurality of optical alignment features and CMM alignment features disposed on said central portion, wherein said optical alignment features and CMM alignment features are configured to align a plurality of coordinates for at least one of said optical measurement machine and CMM measurement systems to the common coordinate system, and a plurality of UT alignment features and IR alignment features disposed on said central portion, wherein said UT alignment features and said IR alignment features are configured to align a plurality of coordinates for at least one of said UT system and said IR system to the common coordinate system.