Automatic registration and mosaicking of conservation images

Damon M. Conover; John K. Delaney; Murray H. Loew

doi:10.1117/12.2021318

30 May 2013 Automatic registration and mosaicking of conservation images

Damon M. Conover, John K. Delaney, Murray H. Loew

Proceedings Volume 8790, Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology IV; 87900A (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021318
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology 2013, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

As high-resolution conservation images, acquired using various imaging modalities, become more widely available, it is increasingly important to achieve accurate registration between the images. Accurate registration allows information unavailable in any one image to be compiled from several images and then used to provide a better understanding of how a painting was constructed. We have developed an algorithm that solves several important conservation problems: 1) registration and mosaicking of multiple X-ray films, ultraviolet images, and infrared reflectograms to a color reference image at high spatial-resolution (200 to 500 dpi) of paintings (both panel and canvas) and of works on paper, 2) registration of the images within visible and infrared multispectral reflectance and luminescence image cubes, and 3) mosaicking of hyperspectral image cubes (400 to 2500 nm). The registration/mosaicking algorithm corrects for several kinds of distortion, small rotation and scale errors, and keystone effects between the images. Thus images acquired with different cameras, illumination, and geometries can be registered/mosaicked. This automatic algorithm for registering/mosaicking multimodal conservation images is expected to be a valuable tool for conservators attempting to answer questions regarding the creation and preservation history of paintings. For example, an analysis of the reflectance spectra obtained from the sub-pixel registered multispectral image cubes can be used to separate, map, and identify artist materials in situ. And, by comparing the corresponding images in the X-ray, visible, and infrared regions, conservators can obtain a deeper understanding of compositional changes.

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Damon M. Conover, John K. Delaney, and Murray H. Loew "Automatic registration and mosaicking of conservation images", Proc. SPIE 8790, Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology IV, 87900A (30 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021318

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