Title :
Studying biodegradation of mosaics using THz and mm-wave radiation
Author :
Petralia, A. ; Doria, A. ; Gallerano, G.P. ; Giovenale, E. ; Messina, G. ; Miceli, Giovanni ; Spassovsky, I. ; Surrenti, V. ; Vinci, L.M. ; Guarneri, E.
Author_Institution :
C.R. ENEA Frascati, Frascati, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a novel diagnostic technique to study the biological degradation of the mosaics in the Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina (Italy). Starting from an analysis of the presence of biological material affecting the mosaics we want to prove the possibility of detecting its presence under the mosaics without removing the tesserae.
Keywords :
biodegradable materials; image segmentation; millimetre wave imaging; terahertz wave imaging; Piazza Armerina; THz-wave radiation; Villa del Casale; biological degradation; biological material; mm-wave radiation; mosaic biodegradation; Biological materials; Directional couplers; Floors; Imaging; Microorganisms; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612320
