TY - GEN
T1 - GPR attribute analysis for material property identification
AU - Morris, Isabel
AU - Glisic, Branko
PY - 2017/7/28
Y1 - 2017/7/28
N2 - Conservation of priceless cultural heritage is a pressing shared responsibility primarily assigned to archaeologists and materials scientists. Ironically, standard methods used to determine mechanical and material properties in these fields are actually destructive. Consequently, valuable non-destructive prospection methods, especially Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), have been embraced and expanded by conservators in an attempt to determine these physical properties. Attribute analysis is sometimes conducted in addition to standard GPR post-processing for feature detection and to extract and clarify information about a site. However, attribute analysis has not been applied to consider subtle differences between materials. This work aims to empirically explore the relationships between materials and their GPR attributes by surveying 8 concrete and cement paste cores of variable mechanical properties and 2 bricks and calculating a variety of amplitude based attributes. The outcomes of this work are preliminary indications of relative properties and classifications of attributes better equipped for certain properties. These results are promising for continued study of additional classes of attributes to ensure successful conservation efforts.
AB - Conservation of priceless cultural heritage is a pressing shared responsibility primarily assigned to archaeologists and materials scientists. Ironically, standard methods used to determine mechanical and material properties in these fields are actually destructive. Consequently, valuable non-destructive prospection methods, especially Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), have been embraced and expanded by conservators in an attempt to determine these physical properties. Attribute analysis is sometimes conducted in addition to standard GPR post-processing for feature detection and to extract and clarify information about a site. However, attribute analysis has not been applied to consider subtle differences between materials. This work aims to empirically explore the relationships between materials and their GPR attributes by surveying 8 concrete and cement paste cores of variable mechanical properties and 2 bricks and calculating a variety of amplitude based attributes. The outcomes of this work are preliminary indications of relative properties and classifications of attributes better equipped for certain properties. These results are promising for continued study of additional classes of attributes to ensure successful conservation efforts.
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U2 - 10.1109/IWAGPR.2017.7996070
DO - 10.1109/IWAGPR.2017.7996070
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85028570978
T3 - 2017 9th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2017 - Proceedings
BT - 2017 9th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2017 - Proceedings
A2 - Giannopoulos, Antonios
A2 - Warren, Craig
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2017
Y2 - 28 June 2017 through 30 June 2017
ER -