“…Stoynova et al performed numerical simulations of a thermal 3D model with artificial defects under a lock-in test. This is one of several works that used LTT to perform subsurface defect detection and characterization [ 14 ]. Other similar works were performed by Shrestha [ 15 ], Chulkov [ 16 ], Pitarresi [ 17 ], An, Y.K, [ 18 ], Zoecke [ 19 ], and Peng [ 20 ].…”