Assessing stains on historical documents using hyperspectral imaging

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Goltz, Douglas ^a   Attas, Michael ^a,b   Young, Gregory ^c   Cloutis, Edward ^a   Bedynski, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Library and Archives Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral imaging; Irongall ink; Pixel unmixing; Principal component analysis; Spectroscopy; Stain; Treaty

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449086516     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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