Digitalizing cultural heritage through metaverse applications: challenges, opportunities, and strategies

D Buragohain, Y Meng, C Deng, Q Li, S Chaudhary - Heritage Science, 2024 - Springer
Preservation and accessibility of cultural heritage have become essential with the rapid
advancements of globalization and modernization endeavors constantly threatening …

From past to present: A tertiary investigation of twenty-four years of image inpainting

IM Barcelos, TB Rabelo, F Bernardini, RS Monteiro… - Computers & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inpainting techniques, rooted in ancient art restoration practices, have become essential
tools for digital image editing in modern contexts. Despite their widespread applications …

[HTML][HTML] FICE: Text-conditioned fashion-image editing with guided GAN inversion

M Pernuš, C Fookes, V Štruc, S Dobrišek - Pattern Recognition, 2025 - Elsevier
Fashion-image editing is a challenging computer-vision task where the goal is to incorporate
selected apparel into a given input image. Most existing techniques, known as Virtual Try-On …

Revolutionizing cultural heritage preservation: an innovative IoT-based framework for protecting historical buildings

M Casillo, F Colace, R Gaeta, A Lorusso… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Springer
Italy offers a cultural heritage of considerable value that needs to be protected. Indeed,
natural deterioration linked to the passage of time affects ancient artifacts and buildings …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating Activation Functions in GAN Models for Virtual Inpainting: A Path to Architectural Heritage Restoration

AM Maitin, A Nogales, E Delgado-Martos… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Computer vision has advanced much in recent years. Several tasks, such as image
recognition, classification, or image restoration, are regularly solved with applications using …

[HTML][HTML] A State-of-the-Art Review and Bibliometric Analysis on the Smart Preservation of Heritages

AO Shehata, E Noroozinejad Farsangi, S Mirjalili… - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
The preservation of heritage buildings is a crucial endeavour for countries worldwide. This
study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the latest trends in smart …

Generative AI Use in the Construction Industry

GB Ozturk, F Soygazi - Applications of Generative AI, 2024 - Springer
This chapter presents a comprehensive exploration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and its applications in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facility Management …

A deep learning-based pipeline for the conservation assessment of bindings in archives and libraries

V Lee-Gouet, L Yamoun, Z Rodière… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2025 - Springer
Libraries are custodians of a written heritage that is both voluminous and fragile, and needs
to be regularly monitored due to the sensitivity of book materials. For most libraries, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the Knowledge Structure of Image Recognition in Cultural Heritage: A Scientometric Analysis Using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and Bibliometrix

F Ju - Journal of Imaging, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The application of image recognition techniques in the realm of cultural heritage represents
a significant advancement in preservation and analysis. However, existing scholarship on …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative Design Method for Lingnan Region Veranda Architectural Heritage (Qi-Lou) Facades Based on Computer Vision

Q Tang, L Zheng, Y Chen, J Chen, S Yang - Buildings, 2025 - mdpi.com
The veranda buildings (Qi-lou) in Lingnan are important historical and cultural carriers of
knowledge of the transformation of cities in Lingnan from traditional to modern forms …