Abstract: It is difficult to detect flaw buried in the multi-layer riveted structure of aircraft. This paper designed a pulsed eddy current testing system, including the linear array probes and imaging system. The riveted aluminum alloy sample fabricated with both inner crack and corrosion was tested by the proposed system, and an imaging scan was achieved by the way of time slice applied in getting eigenvalue matrix from characteristic signal. The results of experimentation showed that the use of time slice analysis method can be efficiently used to detect subsurface and inner defects in multi-layer structure.