Title :
Terahertz imaging for deterioration detection of East Asian artworks
Author :
Fukunaga, K. ; Kohdzuma, Y. ; Kim, M.J. ; Fujiwara, Y. ; Fuji, Y.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Terahertz imaging was applied to examine East Asian artworks. The reflection image indicates a material map, and detached area is clearly observed as the distribution of air gaps. These results prove that terahertz imaging can be a new diagnosis tool of deterioration of artworks.
Keywords :
art; infrared imaging; painting; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave imaging; East Asian artworks; deterioration detection; reflection image; terahertz imaging; Gold; Imaging; Painting; Paints; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis;
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.2010.5612324
