Radiographic Testing standards

Multiple international organizations and committees endeavor to standardize different aspects of radiographic Testing, including:

ASTM Committee E07.01 (Nondestructive Testing, Radiology (X and Gamma) Method)

ASME BPVC(Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code)

ISO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TC 135 (Non-destructive testing), Subcommittee SC 5 (Radiographic testing)

ISO TC 44 (Welding), SC 5 (Testing and inspection), Working Group WG 1 (RT)

CEN TC 138 (NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING), WG 1 (Ionizing radiation testing)

CEN TC 190 (FOUNDRY TECHNOLOGY) WG 10 (Inner defects)

IIW (International Institute of Welding) Commission V-A (Radiographic based weld inspection techniques)

Below is a list of RT standards developed by ASME, ASTM and ISO. They are reviewed and updated every few years by the committees.

ASME Standard

ASME BPVC(Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code) Section V-Nondestructive Examination

ASTM Standards

E94/E94M-17 Standard Guide for Radiographic Examination Using Industrial Radiographic Film

E746-18 Standard Practice for Determining Relative Image Quality Response of Industrial Radiographic Imaging Systems

E747-18 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture and Material Grouping Classification of Wire Image Quality Indicators (IQI) Used for Radiology

E801-16 Standard Practice for Controlling Quality of Radiographic Examination of Electronic Devices

E999-20 Standard Guide for Controlling the Quality of Industrial Radiographic Film Processing

E1000-16 Standard Guide for Radioscopy

E1025-18 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, and Material Grouping Classification of Hole-Type Image Quality Indicators (IQI) Used for Radiography

E1030/E1030M-21 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Metallic Castings

E1032-19 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Weldments Using Industrial X-Ray Film

E1079-16 Standard Practice for Calibration of Transmission Densitometers

E1114-20 Standard Test Method for Determining the Size of Iridium-192, Cobalt-60, and Selenium-75 Industrial Radiographic Sources

E1161-21 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Semiconductors and Electronic Components

E1165-20 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Focal Spots of Industrial X-Ray Tubes by Pinhole Imaging

E1254-13(2018) Standard Guide for Storage of Radiographs and Unexposed Industrial Radiographic Films

E1255-16 Standard Practice for Radioscopy

E1390-12(2016) Standard Specification for Illuminators Used for Viewing Industrial Radiographs

E1411-16 Standard Practice for Qualification of Radioscopic Systems

E1416-16a Standard Practice for Radioscopic Examination of Weldments

E1441-19 Standard Guide for Computed Tomography (CT)

E1453-20 Standard Guide for Storage of Magnetic Tape Media that Contains Analog or Digital Radioscopic Data

E1570-19 Standard Practice for Fan Beam Computed Tomographic (CT) Examination

E1647-16 Standard Practice for Determining Contrast Sensitivity in Radiology

E1672-12(2020) Standard Guide for Computed Tomography (CT) System Selection

E1695-20 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Computed Tomography (CT) System Performance

E1734-16a Standard Practice for Radioscopic Examination of Castings

E1735-19 Standard Practice for Determining Relative Image Quality Response of Industrial Radiographic Imaging Systems from 4 to 25 MeV

E1742/E1742M-18 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination

E1814-14 Standard Practice for Computed Tomographic (CT) Examination of Castings

E1815-18 Standard Test Method for Classification of Film Systems for Industrial Radiography

E1817-08(2014) Standard Practice for Controlling Quality of Radiological Examination by Using Representative Quality Indicators (RQIs)

E1931-16 Standard Guide for Non-computed X-Ray Compton Scatter Tomography

E1935-97(2019) Standard Test Method for Calibrating and Measuring CT Density

E2002-15 Standard Practice for Determining Total Image Unsharpness and Basic Spatial Resolution in Radiography and Radioscopy

E2007-10(2016) Standard Guide for Computed Radiography

E2033-17 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination Using Computed Radiography (Photostimulable Luminescence Method)

E2104-15 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Advanced Aero and Turbine Materials and Components

E2445/E2445M-20 Standard Practice for Performance Evaluation and Long-Term Stability of Computed Radiography Systems

E2446-16 Standard Practice for Manufacturing Characterization of Computed Radiography Systems

E2597/E2597M-14 Standard Practice for Manufacturing Characterization of Digital Detector Arrays

E2662-15 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination of Flat Panel Composites and Sandwich Core Materials Used in Aerospace Applications

E2698-18e1 Standard Practice for Radiographic Examination Using Digital Detector Arrays

E2736-17 Standard Guide for Digital Detector Array Radiography

E2737-10(2018) Standard Practice for Digital Detector Array Performance Evaluation and Long-Term Stability

E2903-18 Standard Test Method for Measurement of the Effective Focal Spot Size of Mini and Micro Focus X-ray Tubes

ISO standards

ISO 5576:1997

Non-destructive testing — Industrial X-ray and gamma-ray radiology — Vocabulary

ISO 5579:2013

Non-destructive testing — Radiographic testing of metallic materials using film and X- or gamma rays — Basic rules

ISO 5580:1985

Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic illuminators — Minimum requirements

ISO 11699-1:2008

Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic film — Part 1: Classification of film systems for industrial radiography

ISO 11699-2:2018

Non-destructive testing — Industrial radiographic films — Part 2: Control of film processing by means of reference values

ISO 12721:2000

Non-destructive testing — Thermal neutron radiographic testing — Determination of beam L/D ratio

ISO 14096-1:2005

Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 1: Definitions, quantitative measurements of image quality parameters, standard reference film and qualitative control

ISO 14096-2:2005

Non-destructive testing — Qualification of radiographic film digitisation systems — Part 2: Minimum requirements

ISO 15708-1:2017

Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 1: Terminology

ISO 15708-2:2017

Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 2: Principles, equipment and samples

ISO 15708-3:2017

Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 3: Operation and interpretation

ISO 15708-4:2017

Non-destructive testing — Radiation methods for computed tomography — Part 4: Qualification

ISO 16371-1:2011

Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 1: Classification of systems

ISO 16371-2:2017

Non-destructive testing — Industrial computed radiography with storage phosphor imaging plates — Part 2: General principles for testing of metallic materials using X-rays and gamma rays

ISO 16526-1:2011

Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 1: Voltage divider method

ISO 16526-2:2011

Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 2: Constancy check by the thick filter method

ISO 16526-3:2011

Non-destructive testing — Measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage — Part 3: Spectrometric method

ISO 19232-1:2013

Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 1: Determination of the image quality value using wire-type image quality indicators

ISO 19232-2:2013

Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 2: Determination of the image quality value using step/hole-type image quality indicators

ISO 19232-3:2013

Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 3: Image quality classes

ISO 19232-4:2013

Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 4: Experimental evaluation of image quality values and image quality tables

ISO 19232-5:2018

Non-destructive testing — Image quality of radiographs — Part 5: Determination of the image unsharpness and basic spatial resolution value using duplex wire-type image quality indicators

ISO 20769-1:2018

Non-destructive testing — Radiographic inspection of corrosion and deposits in pipes by X- and gamma rays — Part 1: Tangential radiographic inspection

ISO 20769-2:2018

Non-destructive testing — Radiographic inspection of corrosion and deposits in pipes by X- and gamma rays — Part 2: Double wall radiographic inspection

ISO 21432:2019

Non-destructive testing — Standard test method for determining residual stresses by neutron diffraction

ISO 23159:2020

Non-destructive testing — Gamma ray scanning method on process columns

ISO 17636-1:2013

Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 1: X- and gamma-ray techniques with film

ISO 17636-2:2013

Non-destructive testing of welds — Radiographic testing — Part 2: X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors

ISO 10675-1:2016

Non-destructive testing of welds — Acceptance levels for radiographic testing — Part 1: Steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys

ISO 10675-2:2017

Non-destructive testing of welds — Acceptance levels for radiographic testing — Part 2: Aluminium and its alloys