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NDT Geophysical Instrumentation and Data Acquisition and Processing Enhancement

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Scientists who work in the field of NDT geophysical methods for archaeology and monumental heritage seek to address today’s demands to detect, characterize, and discriminate buried archaeological features and to obtain useful information about the conservation degree of an important monument for remediation and restoration disposal. They increasingly rely on high-resolution NDT geophysical methods to provide accurate and efficient results. In comparison with other direct procedures, NDT geophysical methods are especially well-suited for this application because they minimize time and cost factors and maximize the amount of data, information, and knowledge obtained. This chapter introduces a new mode to acquire, process, and interpret NDT geophysical data that could be define as “not standard”. This mode is intended to provide a framework for viewing the basic problem, the appropriate solving data processing and the relationship between the data, the information, and the knowledge throughout this process. In addition, this mode provides a conceptual organizing structure for identifying the means by which data, information, and knowledge can be enhanced for both site and monument characterization. Lastly, a look at how advanced visualization techniques can help address classical problems will be taken. This latter process can help in distinguishing materials that have different physical property characteristics.

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Leucci, G. (2019). NDT Geophysical Instrumentation and Data Acquisition and Processing Enhancement. In: Nondestructive Testing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01899-3_4

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