This presentation mainly focuses on the major aspects of the reliability of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques. From the safety point of view, evaluation of NDT techniques is vital for many risk-involved industries such as in aero-industry, railways, nuclear, oil and gas, etc. In addition, successful implementation of the damage tolerance concept highly relies on the reliability of NDT techniques. In other words, due to the aims of NDE 4.0, the qualitative evaluation of NDT is becoming vital. The presentation deals with the importance of NDT reliability with regards to the economical, jurisdictional and safety-critical requirements. Upon highlighting the importance of NDT and provides an overview of the understanding on the reliability of NDT. Also, the presentation focuses on the topic of the reliability evaluation under NDE 4.0 along with discussion on the need and possibilities of the reliability evaluation.

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D. Kanzler and V. Rentala, "Reliability evaluation of testing systems and their connection to NDE 4.0," Proc. SPIE 12491, 8th International Workshop on Reliability of NDT/NDE, 1249109 (Presented at SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation: March 14, 2023; Published: 25 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2658857.