Blog : What's new ?

The CT module available in the current version of CIVA simulation software allows you to find the most suitable configuration to optimize not only the acquisition but also the reconstruction process. The CT setup can be prepared through simulation. Thus, the time necessary for a setup may be optimized. Among other things, CIVA will help you with:

• Improving control of the acquisition set-up to find the best configuration,
• Evaluating various factors affecting the image quality, such as the misalignment of the source versus the detector system,
• Evaluating the performance of different reconstruction algorithms (with the classic 3D analytic FDK algorithm or more advanced iterative ones such PIX TV, SART…),
• Visualizing the reconstructed volume (3D) through arbitrarily orientated sections.

And some new features are also available in CIVA 2021:

• You can export the 3D reconstructed part in STL format, so that you can use it as a CAD model for further analysis or simulations (in CIVA for instance).
• You can also export one or all the projections directly in ImageJ thanks to a dedicated bridge available in CIVA, giving access to extensive analysis tools.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need more information about CIVA.

The EXTENDE team.

CIVA 2021 features:

• A new NDE method joins the CIVA platform with a Thermographic Testing module. It includes Optical lamp thermographic inspection simulation and an Induction Heating computation module.
• A dedicated tool for Steam Generator Tube Eddy Current inspection modelling, with the capacity to simulate many complex configurations (U-Bend, support plates, complex defects, section distortions, etc.). CIVA ET now also provides the possibility to perform field computations in complex geometries.
• CIVA UT comes with a new "Sensitivity Coverage" environment to give ultrasonic coverage and sensitivity maps, advanced features for PA UT TFM to help select the most efficient modes, new probes in CIVA UT (Daisy, Shear Waves 0°, etc.), and also more possibilities offered for complex configurations with the FEM engine available within CIVA UT.
• CIVA RT now includes a bridge to the advanced analysis software ImageJ.
• CIVA GWT lets you simulate inspection configuration with more defects and discontinuities.
• Parametric studies and metamodels have been reorganized for more efficient design of experiments.
• And let’s not forget the recent CIVA SHM and CIVA Script modules that are, of course, still there in CIVA 2021!

You will find more information about the new features of CIVA 2021 in our release note and a complete description of CIVA in our datasheet.

Our users with a valid maintenance contract will receive this update within the next few days.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about CIVA.

The EXTENDE team.