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Efficiency comparison of selected endoscopic video analysis algorithms
PublicationIn the paper, selected image analysis algorithms were examined and compared in the task of identifying informative frames, blurry frames, colorectal cancer and healthy tissue on endoscopic videos. In order to standardize the tests, the algorithms were modified by removing from them parts responsible for the classification, and replacing them with Support Vector Machines and Artificial Neural Networks. The tests were performed in...
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The role and importance of WIMAX mobile system as a high-performance data transfer technology in wireless sensor networks for wide area monitoring applications
PublicationThe study discuses basic features and functional design of WiMAX Mobile system, based on the IEEE 802.16e (Release 1.5 Rev. 2.0) standard. The analysis has been made in terms of ability to use this system to transmit video stream related to monitoringof large agglomeration areas. What is more, the study includes comparison of technical parameters of WiMAX Mobile system with competitive systems such as: HSPA+ and UMTS-LTE, which...
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Parallelization of video stream algorithms in kaskada platform
PublicationThe purpose of this work is to present different techniques of video stream algorithms parallelization provided by the Kaskada platform - a novel system working in a supercomputer environment designated for multimedia streams processing. Considered parallelization methods include frame-level concurrency, multithreading and pipeline processing. Execution performance was measured on four time-consuming image recognition algorithms,...
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Squares in Gdansk as a City Value = Skwery, jako wartościowe przestrzenie publiczne Gdańska
PublicationThe article emphasizes potential of public urban squares. The attention is focused on squares of the city of Gdansk which constitute the potential for enhancing the image of the city. Presentation of three examples of small scale intervention in the Montreal's public spaces is depicting such a potential and is underlining different roles the public space can perform in the city structure. Revitalization of urban squares is influencing...
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Variability of relationship between cities and nature in landscape architecture= Zmienność relacji miedzy miastem a naturą na przykładzie architektury krajobrazu miast
PublicationInterpreting and creating the relations between nature and city are the process of learning which is a subject of permanent conceptualization. It is characterized by the culutrality due to human nature and own ability to perceive oneself in the context of the relationship between own environmental and cultural nature. The way of interpreting the nature and providing it with different features affected significantly the development...
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RMS-based damage detection in reinforced concrete beams: numerical simulations
PublicationImage-based damage detection methods using guided waves are well known and widely applied approaches in structural diagnostics. They are usually utilized in detection of surface damages or defects of plate-like structures. The article presents results of the study of applicability of imaging wave-based methods in detection in miniscule internal damage in the form of debonding. The investigations were carried out on numerical models...
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Subjective and Objective Comparative Study of DAB+ Broadcast System
PublicationBroadcasting services seek to optimize their use of bandwidth in order to maximize user’s quality of experience. They aim to transmit high-quality digital speech and music signals at the lowest bitrate. They intend to offer the best quality under available conditions. Due to bandwidth limitations, audio quality is in conflict with the number of transmitted radio programs. This paper analyzes whether the quality of real-time digital...
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Nowoczesne metody termografii w systemie monitorowania stanu sieci przesyłowych
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono obecnie stosowane metody inspekcji termowizyjnej, skupiając się na prewencyjnej diagnostyce stanu sieci przesyłowej. Badanie termowizyjne ma różne wymiary wpływu na efektywność energetyczną. Z jednej strony wykorzystuje się ją do inspekcji szczelności termoizolacji budynków, wpływając na świadomość, że „najtańsza energia to ta zaoszczędzona”, z drugiej strony jest narzędziem dla operatorów sieci dystrybucyjnych...
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W-dominance: Tradeoff-inspired dominance relation for preference-based evolutionary multi-objective optimization
PublicationThe paper presents a method of incorporating decision maker preferences into multi-objective meta-heuristics. It is based on tradeoffcoefficients and extends their applicability from bi-objective to multi-objective. The method assumes that a decision maker specifies a priori each objective’s importance as a weight interval. Based on this, w-dominance relation is introduced, which extends Pareto dominance. By replacing reference...
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Dimolybdenum Tetraacetate as an Auxiliary Chromophore in Absolute Configuration Determination of Amino Acids from their Circular Dichroism Spectra - Foundations and Developments
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Diffraction of a Gaussian beam in a three-dimensional smoothly inhomogeneous medium: an eikonal-based complex geometrical-optics approach
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FPGA-Based Real-Time Implementation of Detection Algorithm for Automatic Traffic Surveillance Sensor Network
PublicationArtykuł opisuje sprzętową implementację w układzie FPGA algorytmu wykrywającego pojazdy, przeznaczonego do zastosowania w autonomicznej sieci sensorowej. Zadaniem algorytmu jest detekcja poruszających się pojazdów w obrazie z kamery pracującej w czasie rzeczywistym. Algorytm ma na celu oszacowanie parametrów ruchu ulicznego, takich jak liczba pojazdów, ich kierunek ruchu i przybliżona prędkość, przy wykorzystaniu sprzętu sieci...
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Hardware-Software Implementation of a Sensor Network for CityTraffic Monitoring Using the FPGA- and ASIC-Based Sensor Nodes
PublicationArtykuł opisuje prototypową sieć sensorową do monitorowania ruchu pojazdów w mieście. Węzły sieci sensorowej, wyposażone w kamerę o niskiej rozdzielczości, obserwują ulice i wykrywają poruszające się obiekty. Detekcja obiektów jest realizowana w oparciu o własny algorytm segmentacji obrazów, wykorzystujący podwójne odejmowanie tła, wykrywanie krawędzi i cieni, działający na dedykowanym systemie mikroelektronicznym typu ''System...
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Dual-wavelength polarimeter application in investigations of the optical activity of a langasite crystal
PublicationA method of high accuracy polarimetry, which includes optical activity measurements systematic errors, was realized with dual-wavelength polarimeter for two wavelengths of 635 and 650 nm. Simultaneous measurements with neighboring wavelengths significantly improved the data processing, by increasing the amount of data to eliminate the systematic errors. For langasite crystal La3Ga5SiO14 we measured temperature dependence of the...
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Application of two-dimensional intensity maps in high-accuracy polarimetry
PublicationWe propose the analysis of 2D intensity contour maps which is based on the optical transmission function for the polarizer-specimen-analyzer system. A small modification of the high-accuracy universal polarimeter (HAUP) technique was used to measure the intensity maps (HAUP maps) and determine the phase retardation, linear dichroism (LD) parameters, and multiple light reflection contribution in uniaxial crystals. We have performed...
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Using EO satellite data in Safe City and Coastal Zone web-GIS
PublicationThe paper presents a novel design of a web-based Safe City & Coastal Zone GIS (SCCZ-GIS) which integrates data acquired from different remote sensing and geospatial data sources for monitoring the security of the coastal zone, its inhabitants and Critical Infrastructure. The system utilizes several innovative technologies and directly co-operates with different remote sensing data sources and services, like a satellite ground station...
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Sessile droplet contact angle of water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu nanofluids
PublicationThis work presents measurements of the contact angle of sessile droplets for three nanofluids, i.e. water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu. The plates made of glass, anodized aluminium and stainless steel of different roughness served as substrates. Ultrasonic vibration was used for 30–60 min in order to stabilise the dispersion of the nanoparticles. Nanoparticles were tested at the concentration of 0.01%, 0.1%, and 1% by weight....
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Feature Reduction Using Similarity Measure in Object Detector Learning with Haar-like Features
PublicationThis paper presents two methods of training complexity reduction by additional selection of features to check in object detector training task by AdaBoost training algorithm. In the first method, the features with weak performance at first weak classifier building process are reduced based on a list of features sorted by minimum weighted error. In the second method the feature similarity measures are used to throw away that features...
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Seafloor relief reconstruction from side scan sonar data
PublicationSide scan sonar is one of the most widely used imaging systems in the underwater environment. It is relatively cheap and easy to deploy, in comparison with more powerful sensors. Although side scan sonar does not provide seafloor bathymetry directly, its records are directly related to seafloor images. In the paper, the method for 3D seafloor relief reconstruction from side scan sonar data is presented. The method is based on the...
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Study of QoS Parameters Measurement Methodology and Requirements in RSMAD
PublicationThe paper presents the results of analysis and research of the quality of service requirements (defined by the QoS parameters) for data transmission services in Radio System for Monitoring and Acquisition of Data from Traffic Enforcement Cameras (in short: RSMAD). The paper also presents and discusses the results of test of impact of the size of images from traffic enforcement cameras (TECs) on the average transmission time. Moreover,...
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Applications of Immersive 3D Visualization Lab
PublicationThe paper presents Immersive 3D Visualization Lab (at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland) and its applications prepared after its launch in December 2014. The main device of the lab is a virtual reality cubic cave with six screen-walls, where a person can navigate in virtual space using different controllers. The most sophisticated controller is a freely rotating...
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Experimental investigations of damage evolution in concrete during bending by continuous micro-CT scanning
PublicationThe paper describes experimental investigation results of fracture in notched concrete beams under quasi-static three-point bending. To visualize 3D fracture in concrete under bending, an extended X-ray micro-computed tomography system was used, i.e. the tomography system SkyScan 1173 was connected to the loading machine ISTRON 5569. This combined system enabled to shot images of deforming concrete beams during a continuous deformation...
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Comparative in vitro research of the Human Aortic Bioprosthesis
PublicationE valuate of the usefulness and reliability of structures based on the analysis of recorded parameters determining the flow through the Human Aortic Bioprosthesis (HAB) have been dealt with. By flow parameters changes determining the performance environment of prosthesis analyzed change of the motion dynamics of the valve leaflets as a function of pressure, thereby determining the degree of alignment of the prosthesis to the performance...
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Resolving Conflicts in Object Tracking in Video Stream Employing Key Point Matching
PublicationA novel approach to resolving ambiguous situations in object tracking in video streams is presented. The proposed method combines standard tracking technique employing Kalman filters with global feature matching method. Object detection is performed using a background subtraction algorithm, then Kalman filters are used for object tracking. At the same time, SURF key points are detected only in image sections identified as moving...
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Pumping effect measured by PIV method in multi-layer spike electrode EHD device for air cleaning
PublicationDust particles can be harmful for human health when inhaled. Especially dangerous are submicron dust particles, which can contain traces of toxic elements and can easily penetrate into human respiratory system. Thus, new devices for air cleaning are needed. In this work the flow velocity field patterns measured by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method in an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) device for air cleaning are presented. The...
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THE EFFECT OF WOOD DRYING METHOD ON THE GRANULARITY OF SAWDUST OBTAINED DURING THE SAWING PROCESS USING THE FRAME SAWING MACHINE
PublicationThe experimental results of the study focused on the effect of drying processes of warm air drying at the temperature of 6580°C and warm air-steam mixture drying at the temperature of 105°C of pine and beech wood to the size of sawdust grains created by cutting using RPW 15M frame saw is presented in the paper. Particle size analysis of dry sawdust was performed using two methods - screening method and optical method based on...
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Imaging of Increasing Damage in Steel Plates Using Lamb Waves and Ultrasound Computed Tomography
PublicationThis paper concerns inspection of steel plates, with particular emphasis on the assessment of in-creasing damage. Non-destructive tests were performed on four plates, one of which was un-damaged, while the remaining three had a defects in the form of circular holes with a diameter of 2, 5, and 10 cm. Guided Lamb waves were used in the research, and the image reconstruction was performed using ultrasound computed tomography. The...
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Neural Network Subgraphs Correlation with Trained Model Accuracy
PublicationNeural Architecture Search (NAS) is a computationally demanding process of finding optimal neural network architecture for a given task. Conceptually, NAS comprises applying a search strategy on a predefined search space accompanied by a performance evaluation method. The design of search space alone is expected to substantially impact NAS efficiency. We consider neural networks as graphs and find a correlation between the presence...
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Analysis of measurement uncertainty for contact-less method used to measure the position of catenary contact wire, performed with the use of Monte Carlo method
PublicationCurrently the majority of main railway lines in Europe are electrified, and electric trains have the biggest share in the entire amount of rail transport. Reliability of electrified railways is closely related to the issue of supplying traction vehicles with energy. The problems connected with diagnostics of energy consumption node, namely the contact line and the current collector, are therefore of fundamental importance for maintaining...
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Spatially variant PSF modeling in confocal macroscopy
PublicationThe point spread function (PSF) of imaging systems plays an essential role in image reconstruction. In the context of confocal microscopy, optical performance degrades towards the edge of the field of view. In confocal macroscopy, the related artifacts are even stronger, as the field of view is much larger. Because the related PSFs are strongly spatially variant, it is essential to be able to model them with few parameters. The...
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Incorporating installation effects into the probability analysis of controlled modulus columns
PublicationThis technical report presents the probabilistic analysis which integrates the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) with random field theory to model the load–displacement behavior of Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs) in overconsolidated Poznań clay. Presented study focuses on the practical aspects of statistical analysis of geotechnical data, numerical model development, and results evaluation. Variability and spatial distribution of...
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Enhanced Mechanical and Electromechanical Properties of Compositionally Complex Zirconia Zr1–x(Gd1/5Pr1/5Nd1/5Sm1/5Y1/5)xO2−δ Ceramics
PublicationCompositionally complex oxides (CCOs) or high-entropy oxides (HEOs) are new multi-element oxides with unexplored physical and functional properties. In this work, we report fluorite structure derived compositionally complex zirconia with composition Zr1- x(Gd1/5Pr1/5Nd1/5Sm1/5Y1/5)xO2-δ (x = 0.1 and 0.2) synthesized in solid-state reaction route and sintered via hot pressing at 1350 °C. We explore the evolution of these oxides'...
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On the Role of Polarimetric Decomposition and Speckle Filtering Methods for C-Band SAR Wetland Classification Purposes
PublicationPrevious wetlands studies have thoroughly verified the usefulness of data from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors in various acquisition modes. However, the effect of the processing parameters in wetland classification remains poorly explored. In this study, we investigated the influence of speckle filters and decomposition methods with different combinations of filter and decomposition windows sizes on classification accuracy....
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An Approach for Journal Summarization Using Clustering Based Micro-Summary Generation
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Antitumor potential of new low molecular weight antioxidative preparations from the white rot fungus Cerrena unicolor against human colon cancer cells
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Empirically adjusted and consistent set of EHT valence orbital parametersfor all elements of the periodic table. Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. [online]. 2004 vol. 12 [dostęp..] s. 21-32, 3 rys. 3 tab. bibliogr. 35 poz. Dostępny w Internecie stacks.iop.org/MSMSE/12/21.ISSN 0965-0393 Jednorodny skorygowany empirycznie zbiór parametrów EHT dla orbitali walen- cyjnych pierwiastków.
PublicationModel atomu HFS został zmodyfikowany poprzez przypisanie każdemu z atomówindywidualnego parametru ŕ. Wartości ŕ dobrano w oparciu o pierwszy poten-cjał jonizacji atomu. Parametry EHT wyznaczono w oparciu o tak zmodyfikowa-ny model HFS.
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Innovative Solutions for Immersive 3D Visualization Laboratory
PublicationThe paper presents results of the work concerning the technical specification of Immersive 3D Visualization Laboratory to be opened in late summer 2014 at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland. The person immersed in VR space will be placed in a transparent sphere with a diameter of over 10 feet, supported on rollers and equipped with a motion tracking system....
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The study of structure and surface morphology of lithium titanate sol-gel derived thin films
PublicationIn this paper the structure and the surface morphology of lithium titanate (LTO) thin films are presented. Nanocrystalline thin films were prepared by sol–gel method. To examine the influence of the annealing time on as-prepared films crystallization, the coatings were heated at different temperatures in the range of 500 °C–600 °C for 10, 20, 40 and 80 h. The structure of the obtained material was investigated using the X-ray diffraction...
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Synthesis, single crystal growth and properties of Sr5Pb3ZnO12
PublicationAbstract The novel Sr5Pb3ZnO12 oxide was synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. The crystal structure was studied by means of the powder x-ray diffraction Rietveld method and was found to be similar to 3 other previously known Sr5Pb3MO12 compounds (M = Co, Ni, Cu). Crystals of several hundred microns in size of the new phase were grown in molten sodium chloride and imaged using confocal optical and scanning electron microscopy....
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On the acoustic backscattering by Baltic herring and sprat
PublicationAccurate abundance estimate of Baltic clupeids, herring and sprat, is required for theirsustainable exploitation. The understanding the sound backscattering of individual fish isimportant for employing the acoustical techniques, which are widely used in the estimation.The previous studies demonstrated that the improvement of the understanding is critical forthe Baltic herring and sprat. It was the main...
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Adaptive Method of Adjusting Flowgraph for Route Reconstruction in Video Surveillance Systems
PublicationPawlak’s flowgraph has been applied as a suitable data structure for description and anal- ysis of human behaviour in the area supervised with multicamera video surveillance system. Infor- mation contained in the flowgraph can be easily used to predict consecutive movements of a partic- ular object. Moreover, utilization of the flowgraph can support reconstructing object route from the past video images. However, such a flowgraph with...
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Novel method of lung area extraction in chest perfusion computed tomography
PublicationChest perfusion computed tomography (pCT) is a useful technique in the medical diagnosis of how organs function. Perfusion CT scans are used to calculate perfusion parameters. In the case of automated methods of lung perfusion parameters calculation, the prior extraction of the lung area is desired to avoid unnecessary calculation in an area outside the lung cross-section and to avoid wasting time on processing signals of no diagnostic...
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Detection and segmentation of moving vehicles and trains using Gaussian mixtures, shadow detection and morphological processing
PublicationSolution presented in this paper combines background modelling, shadow detection and morphological and temporal processing into one system responsible for detection and segmentation of moving objects recorded with a static camera. Vehicles and trains are detected based on their pixellevel difference from the continually updated background model utilizing a Gaussian mixture calculated separately for every pixel. The shadow detection...
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Luminescence properties of Eu3+ and Tb3+ doped silica-based xerogels
PublicationPure SiO2 xerogels and SiO2 xerogels containing SrF2: Eu3+/: Tb3+ crystals were prepared using sol-gel method. Luminescent spectra showed excitation and emission peaks characteristic to Eu3+ and Tb3+ 4f - 4f transitions. ET Tb3+→Eu3+ has been observed. XRD pattern of SiO2 matrix confirmed lack of long range order. Patterns of SiO2-SrF2:Eu3+ and SiO2-SrF2:Tb3+ showed peaks corresponding to SrF2. SEM images have shown agglomerates...
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Reconstruction Methods for 3D Underwater Objects Using Point Cloud Data
PublicationExisting methods for visualizing underwater objects in three dimensions are usually based on displaying the imaged objects either as unorganised point sets or in the form of edges connecting the points in a trivial way. To allow the researcher to recognise more details and characteristic features of an investigated object, the visualization quality may be improved by transforming the unordered point clouds into higher order structures....
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Cross-sectional imaging of materials structure using PS-OCT
PublicationOptical low-coherence tomography is a measurement technique for non-contact and non-destructive investigation of materials inner structure. Nowadays, this method is highly applied in medical treatment especially in dermatology and ophthalmology. During our research we have developed an optical low-coherence tomography system with polarization state analysis for structure examination of a broad range of technical materials. In this...
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Intelligent system supporting diagnosis of malignant melanoma
PublicationMalignant melanomas are the most deadly type of skin cancers. Early diagnosis is a key for successful treatment and survival. The paper presents the system for supporting the process of diagnosis of skin lesions in order to detect a malignant melanoma. The paper describes the development process of an intel-ligent system purposed for the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Presented sys-tem can be used as a decision support system...
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Imaging polarimeter with high-accuracy measuring principles in crystal optics
PublicationAn imaging polarimeter based on the principles of high-accuracy polarimetry well known in crystal optics is proposed. The application of scientific digital cameras for performance light measurements leads to precise data on polarizers quality, i.e., maps of extinction ratio and transmission axis. Processing of numerous images, acquired at various settings in the polarizer-sample-analyser system, allows to determine the two-dimensional...
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Using the ultrasonic tomography method to study the condition of wooden beams from historical buildngs
PublicationThe need to evaluate the integrity of wooden structural elements is constantly increasing. Non-destructive methods are becoming more popular in this field of research. One type of non-destructive testing is the ultrasonic imaging method, which allows the analysis of internal wood structures without disturbing their state and integrity. In this study, we are interested in assessing the effect of wood condition on the ultrasound...
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Combination of terrestrial laser scanning and UAV photogrammetry for 3D modelling and degradation assessment of heritage building based on a lighting analysis: case study—St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk, Poland
PublicationThe construction of the St. Adalbert Church in Gdansk dates to 1310. It is a church of rich history and great historical value, and its care is challenging. In this study, the combination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was used to accurately build a 3D model of the church. Together with the collected historical inventory documentation, the historic building information model...