The conservation of artwork is an important aspect of preserving human culture and artistic
expression. Both knowledge and technology can be essential in artwork conservation …

Hidden, sub-surface paint layers and features contain valuable information for the art-
historical investigation of a painting's past and for its conservation for coming generations …

Terahertz (THz) imaging is increasingly used in the cultural heritage field. In particular,
continuous wave (CW) and low frequency THz is attracting more attention. The first …

This paper presents a methodology of digital shearography for determining the size of the
smallest detectable defect and the depth under different loading magnitudes for the purpose …

Active infrared thermography is an important non-destructive testing method used for
revealing defect structures in materials. In many applications, thermographic data …

The growing application of composite materials in aerospace leads to the urgent need of
non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) techniques capable of detecting defects …

Interest in the conservation of paintings grows year by year. Their periodic inspection is
essential for their conservation over the time. Thermographic non-destructive inspection is …

After defining a good usage of pulse thermograms, in particular their 'rectification'thanks to
log-log plot, and fitting by the TSR (thermographic signal reconstruction) technique, it is …

Society is changing fast, new technologies and materials have been developed which
require new inspection approaches. Infrared thermography (IRT) has emerged in the recent …

The investigation of cultural heritage objects is commonly carried out by using non-
destructive inspection techniques. In fact, due to the artistic peculiarities of cultural heritage …