Thesis: X-ray tomography in conservation of stones (2005)

Title: Exploring the potential of X-ray tomography as a new non-destructive research tool in conservation studies of natural building stones
Author: Veerle Cnudde
University: Ghent University
Year: 2005
Pages: 216
Type of document: PhD thesis
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/... (pdf, 32.4 Mb)

Note: Resource kindly indicated by Nina Horvat

Table of contents (short version):

1. Materials
1.1. Natural building stones
1.2. Conservation products
1.3. Application methods
1.4. Conclusions

2. Traditional research techniques
2.1. Mineralogical and petrographical description
2.2. Technical properties
2.3. Porosity
2.4. Moisture-transfer properties
2.5. Conclusions

3. X-ray computed tomography
3.1. X-ray computed tomography
3.2. Medical CT
3.3. Micro-CT: Skyscan 1072
3.4. Nano-CT
3.5. Reconstruction software
3.6. 3D-visualisation

4. Image processing & image analysis
4.1. Generalities
4.2. µCT analySIS: 3D-software
4.3. Testing of the µCT analySIS-software
4.4. Comments on the software

5. Visualisation possibilities of x-ray micro-CT
5.1. General information
5.2. Visualisation of minerals
5.3. Visualisation of products
5.4. Visualisation of weathering
5.5. Conclusion

6. General overview of acquired data
6.1. Natural building stones
6.2. Water repellents and consolidants
6.3. Salt
6.4. Bacterial weathering
6.5. Interdisciplinarity of non-destructive X-ray micro-CT and 3D-analysis
6.6. High-speed thermal neutron tomography

7. Discussion and conclusions
7.1. Influence of technical stone properties on conservation products and vice versa
7.2. X-ray micro-CT
7.3. High-speed neutron tomography
7.4. Research perspectives for non-destructive testing

Appendix A
- Interdisciplinarity of non-destructive X-ray micro-CT and 3D-analysis