1. MFL Signal Matrix Defect Profile Matrix True Defect Profile Defect Characterization System Fig. 1: Desired object transformation system

2. Stage 1: Network Training ArtificialNeuralNetwork Present Examples Desired Outputs Determine Synaptic Weights ArtificialNeuralNetwork New Data Predicted Outputs Stage 2: Network Testing “knowledge” Fig. 2: Brute force method True Defect Profile Training Data Matrix Defect Profile Matrix Testing Data Predicted Object

3. MFL Signature LPIT Laser Signature True Defect Profile Redundant Information Complementary Information Fig. 3: Representations of object related information