Archaeological applications of polynomial texture mapping: Analysis, conservation and representation

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2040-2050

  Earl, G ^a   Martinez, Kirk ^a   Malzbender, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Conservation; Imaging; Polynomial texture mapping; PTM; RTI; Scanning; Surface recording

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING; SOFTWARE;

ENGLAND; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954033952     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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