Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation

This edition presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The text assumes prior knowledge of digital image processing and computer graphics fundamentals. Each chapter contains a table of contents, illustrations, and figures that elucidate the presented concepts in detail, as well as a chapter summary and a bibliography for further reading. Well-known experts cover a wide range of topics and related applications, including spectral imaging, automated restoration, computational reconstruction, digital reproduction, and 3D models.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Experiencing the Past: Computer Graphics in Archaeology
Chapter 2. Using Digital 3D Models for Study and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Artifacts
Chapter 3. Processing Sampled 3D Data: Reconstruction and Visualization Technologies
Chapter 4. ARC3D: A Public Web Service That Turns Photos into 3D Models
Chapter 5. Accurate and Detailed Image-Based 3D Documentation of Large Sites and Complex Objects
Chapter 6. Digitizing the Parthenon: Estimating Surface Reflectance under Measured Natural Illumination
Chapter 7. Applications of Spectral Imaging and Reproduction to Cultural Heritage
Chapter 8. Did Early Renaissance Painters Trace Optically Projected Images? The Conclusion of Independent Scientists, Art Historians, and Artists
Chapter 9. A Computer Analysis of the Mirror in Hans Memling’s Virgin and Child and Maarten van Nieuwenhove
Chapter 10. Virtual Restoration of Antique Books and Photographs
Chapter 11. Advances in Automated Restoration of Archived Video
Chapter 12. Computational Analysis of Archaeological Ceramic Vessels and Their Fragments
Chapter 13. Digital Reconstruction and Mosaicing of Cultural Artifacts
Chapter 14. Analysis of Ancient Mosaic Images for Dedicated Applications
Chapter 15. Digital Reproduction of Ancient Mosaics
Chapter 16. Pattern Discovery from Eroded Rock Art
Chapter 17. Copyright Protection of Digital Images of Cultural Heritage