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Motion Magnification Applications for the Protection of Italian Cultural Heritage Assets

TitleMotion Magnification Applications for the Protection of Italian Cultural Heritage Assets
Publication TypeArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsFioriti, Vincenzo, Roselli Ivan, Cataldo Antonino, Forliti Sara, Colucci Alessandro, Baldini Massimiliano, and Picca Alessandro
JournalSensors
Volume22
Type of ArticleReview
Keywordsalgorithm, Algorithms, Computer graphics, Contact less, cost benefit analysis, Cultural heritage protections, Cultural heritages, Digital video signals, Italy, Low-costs, monument, motion, Motion Magnification, Multimedia systems, Novel methodology, Reusability, Vibration monitoring, Video signal processing, Video-based technique
Abstract

In recent years, the ENEA has introduced a novel methodology based on motion magnification (MM) into the Italian cultural heritage protection and monitoring field. It consists of a digital video signal processing technique able to amplify enormously the tiny movements recorded in conventional videos, while preserving the general topology of the acquired frames. Though the idea of such a methodology is not new, it has recently been provided with an efficient algorithm that makes possible a viable and low-cost magnification. Applications are extremely varied in almost every field of science and technology; however, we are interested in its application to the safeguarding of architectural heritage, a sector of the utmost importance for Italy. As ancient buildings can be extremely sensitive to even minimally invasive instrumentation, most common monitoring sensors can be replaced by contactless tools and methods, such as video-based techniques like MM. It offers many advantages: easy to use, contactless devices, virtual sensors, reusability of the videos, practicality, intuitive graphical results, quantitative analyses capability and low costs. These characteristics are well suited to the monitoring of large ancient monuments; on the other hand, historical sites have peculiarities of their own, requiring careful approaches, proper tools and trained personnel. Moreover, outdoor applications of MM present quite notable difficulties from a practical point of view, e.g., the dimensions of the studied objects, uncontrolled environmental conditions, spurious vibrations, lighting change/instability, etc. Here we give a general idea of the potential of MM and related issues, using some relevant in-the-field case studies in Italian heritage protection. © 2022 by the authors.

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URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144553434&doi=10.3390%2fs22249988&partnerID=40&md5=2eaef373a3c5ad1ccb22d5502422774f
DOI10.3390/s22249988
Citation KeyFioriti2022
PubMed ID36560358