Non-destructive techniques as a tool for the protection of built cultural heritage

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 1222-1239

  Moropoulou, Antonia ^a   Labropoulos, Kyriakos C ^a   Delegou, Ekaterini T ^a   Karoglou, Maria ^a   Bakolas, Asterios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Built cultural heritage; Digital image processing; Fibre optic microscopy; Ground penetrating radar; Infrared thermography; Non destructive techniques; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

COMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTIONS; CULTURAL HERITAGES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INDISPENSABLE TOOLS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TOOLS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 84885951327     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.03.044     Document Type: Article

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