The use of IR-based techniques in the PRIMARTE project: an integrated approach to the diagnostics of the cultural heritage

This paper presents an overview of the research carried out using IR-based techniques in frame of the PRIMARTE project aimed at introducing a highly multi-disciplinary, integrated approach in the documentation and diagnostics of the cultural heritage, with the main objective of developing an integrated methodology for the combined use of data acquired with diverse techniques. The latter have ranged from IR imaging to fluorescence lidar and UV fluorescence, from IR thermography to georadar, 3D electric tomography to microwave reflectometry, from analytical techniques (FORS, FT-IR, GC-MS) to high resolution photo-documentation and historical archive studies. All the data were integrated in a multimedia platform as a powerful tool for data storage, integration and management.