Non-Destructive Testing Techniques to Help the Restoration of Frescoes

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3461-3480

  Sfarra, S ^a   Ibarra Castanedo, C ^b   Ambrosini, D ^a   Paoletti, D ^a   Bendada, A ^b   Maldague, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI); Fresco; Infrared thermography (IRT); Near infrared (NIR) reflectography; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899629733     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-0992-z     Document Type: Article

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