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Art Painting Diagnostic Before Restoration with Terahertz and Millimeter Waves

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Art painting diagnostic is commonly performed using electromagnetic waves at wavelengths from terahertz to X-ray. These former techniques are essential in conservation and art history research, but they could be also very useful for restoring artwork. While most studies use time domain imaging technique, in this study, a painting has been investigated using both time domain imaging (TDI) and frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) system in the millimeter frequency range. By applying these systems to a painting of the eighteenth century, we detect and analyze the structure of some defects. This study underlines the differences between FMCW and TDI. We present the advantages and disadvantages of each technique on a real artwork.

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The authors would like to thank the owner of that painting who agreed to make it available for research experiments at the IMS laboratory during the diagnostic before restoration.

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  1. University of Bordeaux, IMS Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5218, 351 cours de la liberation, 33405, TALENCE, France

    Jean-Paul Guillet, F. Fauquet, H. Balacey, F. Darracq & P. Mounaix

  2. L’atelier des Renaissances, 1 allée de Gieu, 33650, Saucats, France

    M. Roux

  3. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    K. Wang & X. Ma

  4. Noctylio SAS, 53 rue professeur Daguin, 33800, Bordeaux, France

    H. Balacey & B. Recur

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Guillet, JP., Roux, M., Wang, K. et al. Art Painting Diagnostic Before Restoration with Terahertz and Millimeter Waves. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 38, 369–379 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-017-0358-1

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