JAIC 1977, Volume 16, Number 2, Article 4 (pp. 27 to 35)
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JAIC 1977, Volume 16, Number 2, Article 4 (pp. 27 to 35)

THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THERMOGRAPHY TO DETECT SUBSURFACE VOIDS IN PAINTED WOODEN PANELS

BRUCE F. MILLER




REFERENCES

Intermuseum Conservation Association, Oberlin, Ohio, 44074; current address: Doerner Institut, Meiserstrasse 10, Munich, West Germany.

Vanzetti, R.Practical Applications of Infrared Techniques: A New Tool in a New Dimension for Problem Solving. pp. 33–34. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1972.

Vanzetti, R. pp 11–14.

VanAsperen De Boer, J. R. J. “Infrared Reflectography, A Contribution to the Examination of Earlier European Paintings.” p. 49. Amsterdam: Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art. 1970.

Spectrotherm Corporation, 3040 Olcott Street, Santa Clara, California 95051

Vanzetti, R. pp. 14–15.

Burrowes, N. R. “Emissivity Equalization by Thermosetting Coatings.” Paper Read at the Spring Convention of the Society for Nondestructive Testing. February 1965, at Los Angeles, California. Distributed by the Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc., Evanston, Illinois 60204.

AGA Corporation, 550 County Avenue, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094; Barnes Engineering Company, 30 Commerce Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06904; and Spectrotherm Corporation, 3040 Olcott Street, Santa Clara, California 95051.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Preliminary studies of the feasibility of using thermography to detect voids in wooden panels were done with an AGA Thermovision� 680 radiometer (see reference 8) with the kind assistance of Dietrich Baeu, President of the AGA Corporation, Secaucus, New Jersey.

Representatives of the Spectrotherm Corporation (see reference 8) were very helpful in supplying information on their instrument.

The author's deepest appreciation goes to those members of the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, 2213 Cherry Street, Toledo, Ohio 43608, whose time and assistance made the research for this paper possible and also enjoyable. Special thanks go to Barbara Applegate, Assistant Director of Public Relations; Stanley T. Pinsky M.D., Chairman of the Department of Radiology; Tony Ruiz R.T., Chief Technician; Sue Daroczy R.T.; and Mary Sepeda R.T.

Thanks are also extended to Marigene H. Butler, Director of The Intermuseum Laboratory, Oberlin, Ohio, and Abraham Rosenzweig, Ph.D., Associate Head of the ICA Training Program, Oberlin, Ohio, for their perceptive editorial comments regarding this paper and the original thesis from which it was drawn.


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