Phased array ultrasonic testing (UT) is an advanced technique applying ultrasound wave vibration theory to detect the flaw in tested materials by imaging. In this research, computer 3-D visualization of the flaw through calibrating the ultrasonic phased array image is proposed. 3-D calibration for ultrasonic phased array image is a procedure to calculate the spatial transformation matrix, spatial relationship between the US image plane and the tracker attached to the UT probe. The calibration method depends on a cross-string phantom and the corresponding algorithm. The phantom with a set of crosses guiding the operator quickly to find the scanning plane. The ten string crosses in the scanning plane provide the coordinates and spatial vectors for the calibration algorithm, thus the calibration algorithm can be realized based on the least-squares fitting method of the homologous points matching. Select the points having different distances and angles with the reference point to calculate the matrix and average them as the final result. The results show that the scanning plane positioning time is no more than 5 s. The precision and the accuracy results are the same as that is obtained through the other published methods in the medical 3-D ultrasound image calibration. The results make the 3-D flaw model reconstruction possible in phased array ultrasonic NDT. It will reduce the difficulties in the flaw recognizing and localization
