Abstract
This work presents a robotized line-scan thermography (LST) modality for the inspection of two paintings on canvas, which are the mock-ups of a famous oil painting, titled Portrait of the Painter’s Mother. Two widely used image post-processing methods were applied on the acquired LST thermal sequences. X-ray radiography was used to anticipate the thermal inspection results. It was concluded that LST is an effective technique for artwork inspection, and it can additionally provide a higher image contrast if compared to classical flash thermography technique. Consequently, the corresponding physical analysis was conducted. Overall, this work appears useful to investigate the feasibility of LST technique for large-scale artwork in-line inspection.
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This research was supported by the Canada Research Chair in Multipolar Infrared Vision (MiViM) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada through a Discovery Grant.
This research was also supported by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Nature et technologies (FRQNT).
HZ acknowledges FRQNT and the Regroupement pour l’étude des environnements partagés intelligents répartis (REPARTI) through the International Internship Program (no. 211450).
The authors would like to thank Dr. Jeroen Peeters from University of Antwerp (Belgium) for his assistance to “perform the experiments” or “acquire images” ? during his visit at CVSL.
The authors would also like to thank Dr. Mario Pelliccione and Dr. Simone Ciarcelluti (professional restorers) for the preparation of the paintings used in this work.
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Zhang, H., Sfarra, S., Osman, A., Ibarra-Castanedo, C., Maldague, X.P. (2019). Robotized Line-Scan Thermographic Mid-Wave Infrared Vision for Artwork Inspection: A Study on Famous Mock-Ups. In: Osman, A., Moropoulou, A. (eds) Nondestructive Evaluation and Monitoring Technologies, Documentation, Diagnosis and Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Springer Proceedings in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25763-7_5
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