ultrahelimeetodil põhinev mittepurustav katsetamine; eristatakse kahte peamist katsetusmeetodit: ultraheliläbivalgustusmeetodit ja ultraheliimpulss-kajameetodit (vt ultrahelitehnika, ultrahelikatse), a method of testing for flaws in which an ultrasonic source is pressed against the part to be tested, using some form of gel to act as a some coupling to the surface, and sound is passed into material and reflections on the back face are received; the two major methods of ultrasonic inspection are the transmission method and the pulse-echo method (see: ultrasonics, ultrasonic test)