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This work presents a comparative study for the inspection of an old book, which was bound in the XIXth century. Infrared thermography (IRT), terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and air-coupled ultrasonic C-scan (ACU) were used to retrieve the damages and defects in the book cover. Image processing techniques including Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), peak-to-peak and time-delay analysis in time domain were applied in order to highlight the shapes of subsurface features. X-ray radiography was used to anticipate the inspection results. Overall, this work appears useful to investigate the feasibility of different non-invasive inspection (NII) techniques applied to ancient books.
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This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada through the Discovery Grant program, Create-oN DuTy! Program, and the Mitacs Globalink Program.
This research was supported by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)and the Canada Research Chair in Multipolar Infrared Vision (MiViM).
This research was also supported by the AutomaTiQ-Group of the htw saar.
The authors would like to thank Thomas Waschkies and Andrea Mross from Fraunhofer IZFP for their assistance in generating the ACU-data.
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Lei, Q., Zhang, H., Sfarra, S., Osman, A., Ibarra-Castanedo, C., Maldague, X.P.V. (2022). Infrared, Terahertz and Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Non-invasive Inspection for Artworks: A Comparative Study on an Old Hand-Bound Book of the XIXth Century. In: Osman, A., Moropoulou, A. (eds) Advanced Nondestructive and Structural Techniques for Diagnosis, Redesign and Health Monitoring for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03795-5_5
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