Innovative Approaches in 3D Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Cultural Heritage
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 3234
Special Issue Editors
Interests: image- and range-based survey methods (close-range photogrammetry, LiDAR, mobile mapping systems mainly applied to built and cultural heritage); 3D models; spatial data standards; GIS tools and analysis; 3D mapping
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Interests: geomatics; built heritage; indoor and outdoor mobile mapping systems; high-resolution 3D models; segmentation; classification; reproductions of sculptural works; digital archives; reuse and sharing of 3D data; technologies applied to educational projects
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Interests: urban heritage; UAV and close-range photogrammetry; SLAM-based technologies and application in the field of historical structures and urban contexts
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Interests: image analysis; image matching; multi-view reconstruction; laser scanning; point cloud classification; monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, various technologies and multiple sensors are used in large surveying projects for the 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and heritage items, paving the way for improved preservation and knowledge of historical artifacts, built areas and buildings.
Research, guidelines and good practice reviews have improved over the years, highlighting the importance of point clouds as a standard format for three-dimensional data and emphasizing the advantages of combining data from multiple sensors using fusion strategies.
Different categories of cloud point models aim to achieve a high resolution and accuracy compatible with the scale of representation, enabling enriched cognitive systems in the generation of digital twins.
The results of digitization are increasingly reliable and widely disseminated, working in various interdisciplinary contexts, in addition to improving conservation. However, cultural heritage is an engine of social and economic development.
This Special Issue aims to collect, among others, a selection of cutting-edge contributions from the topics presented at the international CIPA 2023 conference held in Florence (June 2023), which hosted scholars from all continents who are use technologies to support the conservation of cultural heritage.
The expected contributions are related, but not limited, to:
- Integrated survey and modeling methodologies developments and application;
- Range- and image-based Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) techniques;
- Multi-scale digitization from small museum objects or archaeological finds to large architectural or archaeological complexes and sites, as well as natural environments such as caves;
- Multi-sensor data acquisition meeting different phenomena connected to heritage;
- The data integration of geophysical survey techniques;
- Advanced cloud management perspectives, including artificial intelligence approaches for classification, segmentation techniques, and the future use of clouds.
Dr. Antonia Spano
Dr. Valentina Bonora
Dr. Giulia Sammartano
Dr. Mattia Previtali
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D heritage documentation
- digital twins
- sensors and data fusion (visible/multispectral data)
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- digital photogrammetry, sensors development and application
- lidar mapping
- 3D mobile mapping (visual odometry and SLAM-based solution)
- digital technologies for NDT inspections and diagnostic
- neural radiance field (NeRF)
- 360° photogrammetry and multi-camera 3D mapping
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