Patent ID: 8521480

Claim:
A method of managing non-destructive evaluation (NDE) data in a system of the type that includes at least one processing unit and a memory, the method comprising: receiving NDE data for at least a portion of an asset; receiving inspection information associated with the at least a portion of the asset; determining at least one alignment algorithm to align the NDE data to a simulated model of the at least a portion of the asset based upon at least one of the NDE data and the inspection information; automatically aligning the NDE data to the simulated model with the at least one alignment algorithm; and analyzing the aligned NDE data on the simulated model to determine coverage of the simulated model by the NDE data, wherein analyzing the aligned NDE data on the simulated model to determine the coverage of the simulated model by the NDE data includes determining whether a portion of the simulated model is associated with a corresponding portion of the NDE data, wherein coverage at a point is determined when a projection intersects both the aligned NDE data and the simulated model at the point.