THz Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage in Practice
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- Synopsis
- This book describes the current, concrete statusof terahertz (THz) technology applied to scientific diagnoses of culturalheritage objects for conservation planning as well as for historical interest. It is unlike other THz-related scientific books in optics series, which onlydescribe technologies and the physics behind them. A new method utilizing THztechnology is introduced, which will help conservators and historians to analyseart objects at their museums. By using pulse echoes, THz imaging cannoninvasively show internal structures such as layers in paintings and internaldefects or additional pieces in objects. The biggest advantage of THztechnology in heritage science is that THz waves can reveal the condition ofpreparation layers and supports of paintings that cannot be observed by othernondestructive testing methods, such as infrared (IR) or X-ray radiography. Thecondition of supports and preparation layers determine the lifetime of thepaintings, so that their condition is the key factor for conservation planning. The comparison with existing classic methods forscientific analyses is extremely important in the context of introducing newtechnologies in any research field, since most conservators and heritagescientists have their own protocols for classic methods. This book compares THzresults not only with visible cross sections obtained using destructivemethods, but also mid-IR, near IR, UV, X-ray, and nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR),which are considered to be nondestructive methods. The book suggests future work that can be done byTHz specialists, especially concerning the development of THz cameras, and byengineers and scientists in other fields, such as signal processing and chemistry,as well as by conservators.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9784431558859
- Publisher:
- Springer Japan, Tokyo
- Date of Addition:
- 11/29/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.