Chapter 3.1

3D Laser Scanning of Architectural Sites

 

Margarida Pires1, Claude Borg2

1DOP, INETI, Lisboa, Portugal
2Heritage Malta, Kalkara, Malta

 

Method

Non-destructive

Information obtained

Geometric data, profiling, visualisation

Type of object

Any solid structure

Sample size/amount needed

From less than a millimeter to several kilometres

Sampling type

Surface

Portable/transportable version available

Yes

 

Contents

3.1.1    Introduction

3.1.2     Principles of Operation

     3.1.2.1     Principles of Laser Triangulation: Information Acquisition

     3.1.2.2     Principles of Laser Time of Flight: Information Acquisition

     3.1.2.3     Information Storage

     3.1.2.4     Information Processing

3.1.3     Methodology and Sase Studies

     3.1.3.1     Case study 1: Rupestrian Art in Coa Valley (UNESCO no.866)

     3.1.3.2     Case study 2: Roman Ruins in Lisbon

     3.1.3.3     Case study 3: Manoel Island Chapel, Malta

     3.1.3.4     Case study 4: Kordin Temples III, Malta (UNESCO no.132)

     3.1.3.5     Case study 5: Tas-Salvatur Chapel, Malta

3.1.4     Conclusion

3.1.5    Supporting Information

    3.1.5.1     Literature

    3.1.5.2     Providers

    3.1.5.3     Useful Websites

3.1.6     Contact Information

 

3.1.1          Introduction

Historic sites and cultural heritage are subjected not only to natural ageing but also to natural accidents, inappropriate interventions and modifications and vandalism. That is the reason why artworks documentation is so important, mainly in what concerns fragile artefacts, monuments to be restored, or archaeological sites under excavation works. Moreover the documentation of artworks, especially high accuracy documents, allow for the construction of real and virtual models, providing basis for restoration studies, dissemination, and animation.

Artworks documentation using optical techniques is based mostly on the registration of light reflected from the objects, no matter these objects are illuminated by the sun light or a camera flash light. Depending on the sensor used in the recording device, the stored information might be only the intensity of light received from each point of the object e. g. black and white photographic film or monochromatic CCD cameras, or both intensity and colour, such as colour photos or infra-red thermal images. Due to the incoherent nature of usual light sources, these techniques are used to obtain 2D (two-dimensional) images of the objects, this is, records that contain information and are reproducible in a plane or flat surface. Photogrametry could be considered an exception, because this technique allows the construction of non flat records of objects; but photogrametry is based on the acquisition with different viewing angles, of plane images of the object and it is the post-processing and combination of these 2D records that allow obtaining volumetric information of the object.

However, in our world the material objects or artworks have volume, no matter we are considering the architecture of a monument façade, the shape of a ceramic pot or the brush stokes in a painting or the inscriptions on a paper document. So, the objects must be recorded and documented in 3D (three-dimensional or volumetric) images in order to contain more complete geometrical information and to make possible volumetric reproductions, like material replicas or virtual images.

3D Laser Scanning is a technique that takes profit of the coherence properties of laser light, consisting in a very pure colour and highly directional light beam, to acquire, store and process 3D computer images and information of objects, using a low power laser beam as the light source and detecting the light reflected from the object surface on very sensitive sensors. Scanning the laser light across or around the object surface allows for a complete three-dimensional record of the surface.

Laser scanners offer a sophisticated alternative to the conventional data collection methods, with very good resolution and accuracy. Laser scanning equipment is lightweight and easy to operate in open field. Because the scanned laser light doesn’t cause any change on the object as a contacless technique, it can be used in precious or fragile objects with different shapes and sizes, and the 3D record can be used later and remotely, for study, documentation, demonstration and reproduction, with no more handling of the real object.

3.1.2          Principles of Operation

3D laser scanning techniques might use three different basic operation principles:

— The first one uses the interference phenomena of laser light and the analysis of the optical fringes produced, to detect and image an object surface texture and profile. It’s usually applied to small areas (smaller than 1 cm2) and can achieve high resolution (less than 1 micrometer). This technique, also called micro-profilometry, is mainly used in micro technologies but not usually found in artworks documentation, so it won’t be detailed further.

— The second operation principle is called laser triangulation, in which mathematical relations between the direction of the emitted laser beam and the direction of the detected reflection allow for information on the position of the object surface points. This technique is applied to objects with typical dimensions from 1 cm to 1 m and can achieve a few micrometers resolution. It is usually used for museological artworks as well as for details on selected parts of larger monuments.

— The third basis for operation of this technique is called laser time of flight, and using the known value of the speed of light in air, detects the distance to a point on the object surface by measuring the time interval between the emission of a laser pulse and the detection of its reflection.

The scanning of the laser beam over the complete surface of the object is obtained in different manners, associated to the dimensions of the imaged areas and the required resolution. In micro-profilometry is usually the small object that is moved on a high precision two axes translation stage. Laser triangulation uses often not a laser beam but a laser line on the object that is swept along the object surface and usually several scans in different positions are needed in order to register all the object surface (top, bottom, sides), although if appropriate the object can also be moved on a rotating plate. In laser time of flight the emitted laser pulse is angular scanned along two perpendicular directions, illuminating a matrix of points on the object surface.

3.1.2.1       Principles of Laser Triangulation: Information Acquisition

Let’s consider a linear laser beam incident on an irregular surface (Fig. 3.1.1). In the point (P, P’), where the laser beam strikes the surface, a luminous dot can be observed, no mater the angular position of the observer. This is due to the diffuse reflection, meaning in many directions, of the laser light from the object surface. However, the optical system (O), usually a lens and some filters used to collect the reflected light and transmit to the detector only “views” a very narrow reflected beam, due to its reduced aperture (Fig. 3.1.1a).

The angle (α) between the directions of the incident and reflected beams decreases when increasing the distance (D) of the illuminated point on the surface to a reference point on the equipment. Yet, the optical system (O) collecting the reflected light from the surface point produces, like a photographic camera, a point image (I) on the detector surface (D), having a position that depends on the angle α and so on the distance of the illuminated point (P) (Fig. 3.1.1b).The painting was examined by the double exposure technique in stable laboratory environment with controlled thermal excitation and surface monitoring. The random high reflectivity of the varnish layer caused localized contrast loss obstructing the capturing of a normalized intensity photographic image. The interest operator notes that the overall uniform bright and dark fringe formation -or fringe pattern- due to its overall uniform response to the temperature alteration is locally interrupted by smaller fringe patterns generated by various subsurface discontinuities. The next step is to locate and isolate by zooming in to those discontinuities in order to extract those patterns so that at the final step only defects are seen, some characteristic ones are shown in Fig. 3.4.3.

The detectors used for laser triangulation consist usually of CCDs (charge coupled devices) made of a mosaic of individual photo sensitive cells- the pixels. Each pixel on the detector surface receiving light due to the image formation of the point of an object, produces a small current, used to identify the position of the image point on the detector. Using mathematical relationships between the triangle LPO (Fig. 3.1.1a) formed by incident beam reflected beam  optics to laser distance, and the triangle CC’I (Fig. 3.1.1b) formed by optical aperture centre (c)  sensor centre (c’)  image point (I, I’), the equipment software computes the distance of the illuminated point to the reference point based on the position of the detector cell receiving the light of the image point. Each point of the object surface is defined by a set of three values or coordinates, relatives to a reference point pre-defined by the system.

The two other coordinates of the illuminated point are dependent on the direction of the emitted laser beam, which is controlled and known by a central controller. PSD (position sensing devices) sensors might also be used to give information about the image point position, but they are not so commonly found.

In order to have complete information on the object surface it is necessary to acquire information of a multitude of points in the object surface, this is the position of these points defined by the three coordinates of each one. To achieve this, a mechanical or opto-mechanical system, providing translation, rotation or deflection is used to scan the laser beam that illuminates the selected points on the object surface, and get the position information about each one and so about the surface geometry. To achieve a faster acquisition and storage of the information related to the huge number of required points, most laser triangulation 3D scanners emit not a laser beam illuminating a single point, but a laser sheet or curtain, illuminating a contour line on the object surface (Fig. 3.1.2).

Due to the fact that laser sources are monochromatic, the large majority of 3D laser scanners don’t register information about surface colour, but only the shape and luminance of the object surface. However some systems exist emitting polychromatic light or in conjunction with extra colour sensors, allowing for the simultaneous acquisition of colour and shape of the objects.

The number and spacing of points or contour lines needed to reproduce the object surface or in other words the resolution of the acquisition process is mostly defined by the operator, taking in mind the detail required, the surface geometry and the total area to be covered. It is also limited by the specifications of the equipment used. Obviously the higher the resolution and number of points imaged, more time consuming is the acquisition process and more heavy the files storing the surface information.

3.1.2.2       Principles of Laser Time of Flight: Information Acquisition

For longer ranges of artwork dimensions, such as monumental façades, historic buildings or archaeological sites, time of flight scanners or also called ranging scanners are used. A short laser pulse is sent to the object surface, reflected back and detected on a photosensor. Both the pulse emission time and the returning energy detection time are registered by a central controller; the time between the emission of the pulse and the detection of the reflection can be measured.

Using the known speed of light in the air and the laser pulse travel time since emitted by the laser source till the detection on the sensor, the distance to the illuminated surface point may be easily computed.

The scanning system sweeps the object surface to be imaged in several parallel lines (Fig. 3.1.3), while the system laser head emits laser pulses at high repetition rates, and detects the back-reflected energy and hence computing the distance of the illuminated points.

The remaining process is (in principle) quite similar to the previous description. The direction of the emitted laser, known by the central controller, defines the other two coordinates of each point, in respect to the system reference point, and information about the surface geometry results from the position of a multitude of points in the object surface, defined by the position or coordinates of each one.

A complete 3D model usually comprises of a number of scans from different viewpoints. Special identifiable targets are required to consolidate (join) all the scans from the different viewpoints. These targets can be easily detected by the scanning software. The most common targets include spheres and plane targets with high reflectivity usually supplied by the manufacturer.

3.1.2.3          Information Storage

The equipment used for 3D laser scanning has a central controller unit, usually installed in a transportable computer, besides the laser head (laser source and detector), and some kind of stable support (e. g. a tripod or a solid scaffolding) with a centrally controlled movement system, in order to perform the beam scanning.

The multitude of object surface points detected by the sensor are digitized in the sensor controller and stored in the computer. The central controller software processes the data sent by the sensor and converts the data into the coordinates of each point and their correct place in respect to each other, forming a “point cloud” that is then processed by the software to edit and display the 3D shape obtained by each scan on the object surface (Fig. 3.1.4).

The central controller unit also controls and receives information on the position of the laser head, having in this way information on the relative position of the successively illuminated points or lines of the object surface. Moreover the software of the 3D laser scanning equipment allows for input information filtering, image parallax correction, elementary images consolidation and a few basic operations on the 3D image, such as magnification, rotation, translation, or others, depending on the equipment being used. These basic operations should be used during field works for information acquisition and storage, in order to check that a complete set of scans has been performed over the surface to be documented.

3.1.2.4       Information Processing

Most usually the information or image processing capabilities of the software provided with 3D laser scanning equipment are quite limited, and a more appropriated commercial image processing software is used in order to have further manipulation of the stored data, to join all the set of scans of the object surface and get more information about the artwork object geometry.

The image processing software opens the files produced by the equipment software and has to be worked out then with the adequate format. The first operation done (automatically by the software) to the imported files is to consolidate (join) and align the several records obtained in the same area of the object surface, obtaining the 3D image of that area. To aid the manipulation of the data during this phase, automatic systems (a mesh of small triangles), or geometrically formed primitives (cube, sphere, cone etc) are projected to the respective points. The software modules will have a considerable influence on the quality and on the time needed to achieve a good result. A user friendly efficient software product is a basic requirement.

The several partial images, also called mosaic or tiles are merged, taking into account the overlapping of the scans and the viewing angle in which each scanned image was obtained. After that, the editing of the complete 3D images or models is possible, usually with the insertion of cross lines that make easier the 3D visualisation, and also other surface effects such as surface texturing or colour.

3.1.3       Methodology and Case Studies

Usually the basic methodology applied is quite standard, as listed below. However the detailed procedure required may differ from case to case, and depends obviously on the Artwork to be documented, namely size and detailed features. The 3D laser scanning equipment and image processing software to be used, and the final objective of the task will identify a particular methodology. The equipment will also determine the maximum applied resolution and the number of necessary viewpoints.

Methodology:

— Acquisition planning – after an art object detailed analysis, its necessary to define the total area to be imaged, the required resolution, the distance between laser head and object surface, the area imaged in each scan for the defined resolution and the stand off distance, the total number of scans needed to cover all the area and, in different angles in order to eliminate shadow areas and surround completely the object surface (if required), the scans overlap for multiple scans and the position of the equipment in each scan, according with the previous definitions.

— Equipment positioning and fixing in a rotation or translation very stable device, facing the artwork surface at the defined stand-off distance.

— Equipment calibration, as defined by the equipment manufacturer, after the equipment is settled.

— Start laser scanning and simultaneous data storage, area by area, with relative displacement of the equipment (when needed).

— Merging the partial areas when multi scans are used in one total image

— Image analysis and detection of defects, such as shadow areas, occlusions, too much bright areas, or accidental lack of overlap. Possible additional scan data if necessary.

— Storage of partial images and file backup

— 3D image(s) post processing, such as aligning, merging, meshing, texture mapping and editing.

3.1.3.1       Case Study 1: Rupestrian Art in Coa Balley (UNESCO No. 866)

Collection of rupestrian rock engravings from Palaeolithic Superior (22 000 to 10 000 BC), one of the first manifestations of Human Art (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/866).

The small width and depth of the lines engraved in the rocks required a high resolution data acquisition (sub millimetre); and to improve the resolution, the stand off distance between the laser head and the rock surface needed to be decreased (less than 0.5 m). This results in a decreased field of view. However the area of each engraving was too large to be covered by only one scan. So, each one of the several engravings has been divided in several partial areas, called tiles (Fig. 3.1.5). The work plan included the identification of the area, number and overlap of tiles needed to obtain a good resolution file of each rock engraving.

Using the post image processing software at the main office, the tiles were joined, aligned and merged, and the 3D Image, containing all dimensional information was edited (Fig. 3.1.6) and used for reproductions available in the local museum.

3.1.3.2       Case Study 2: Roman Ruins in Lisbon

Water drainage conducts, made of bricks and mortar, part of sub-soil Roman constructions of 1st century AC, under Emperor Augustus.

In this case the object to be documented was formed by several surfaces forming sharp angles between each others, so several scans were needed from distinct points of view, in order to cover the entire 3D surface without shadow areas (Fig. 3.1.7). After merging, the editing of the 3D image is possible, usually with the insertion of lines that make easier the 3D visualisation (Fig. 3.1.8).

In order to improve the 3D images edited, the several commercial software have usually functions allowing noise filtration, artificial colour modelling of the 3D images obtain sections and profiles of the surface and take also measurements (Fig. 3.1.9).

3.1.3.3       Case Study 3: Manoel Island Chapel, Malta

St. Antonio Chapel, in Fort Manoel Island was built by the Knights of Malta between 1723 and 1740, under the patronage of Portuguese Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena. During the Second World War the chapel was severely damaged by aerial bombing and it's currently under restoration.

The aim of this task was to produce a 3D model of the remains of the chapel (Fig. 3.1.10) to assist the conservators and conservation architects to be able to understand each plane and study an ideal material for the 'reconstruction' of the chapel. The facade was scanned from three different viewpoints. The sides and interior were scanned from further six viewpoints.

Although the church is partly covered with scaffolding, the laser software allows the possibility of 'removing' the scaffolding (Figs. 3.1.11 and 3.1.12). An older photograph without scaffolding was used to texture map the facade.

3.1.3.4       Case Study 4: Kordin Temples III, Malta (UNESCO No. 132)

On the Kordin heights above Grand Harbour there were 3 megalithic temples constructed in the 4th millennium BD. Nowadays only Kordin III survives despite being bombed in World War II. The temple (Fig. 3.1.13), in a very ruinous condition, is of the standard Ggantija phase (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/132).

The instruments used included a total station which in this case produced the first cloud of points, a laser scanner using time of flight AND another laser head based on laser triangulation.

An external camera was used for texture mapping.

Fig. 3.1.14a shows the cloud of points of one 'apse', in which each colour identifies a different viewpoint. Fig. 3.1.14b shows the data by the total station, the time of flight scanner the laser triangulation data merged together for Kordin Temples III.

3.1.3.5       Case Study 5: Tas-Salvatur Chapel, Malta

Tas-Salvatur Chapel (Fig. 3.1.15) is one of Kalkara's earliest buildings of note. In 1670, the Bailiff, Fra Giovanni Bichi, nephew of Pope Alexander VII, decided to build a country villa on the peninsula in front of the church.  On his death during the epidemic plague of 1676, Fra Giovanni Bichi, was buried in the church of Tas-Salvatur. The church is presently undergoing intensive conservation and restoration treatment.

It was necessary to produce a 3D model of the church from the inside and outside, to assist the conservators and conservation architects to be able to understand the state of deterioration and deterioration mechanisms in relation to each other. The 3D model was to serve as a fundamental document too.

Two laser scanners were used, a time of flight AND a laser triangulation system. The scans of both scanners were integrated to form one whole. The facade was scanned from seven different viewpoints with the time of flight scanner. The sides and interior were scanned from a further six viewpoints with the laser triangulation scanning system.

The various scanning viewpoints of the time of flight scanner and laser triangulation scanner produce different images represented in different colours (Fig. 3.1.16, left image) that are consolidated together, producing the cloud of points, visualised in this way (Fig. 3.1.16, right image) when the luminance map of the object is superposed to the cloud of points.

With image post-processing, various sections/ plans may be achieved from the 3D model. This example (Fig. 3.1.17) shows the thickness of the walls, in the apse and cupola.

The altar and effigy were scanned in a very tight grid using a laser head that works by triangulation. Selective use of the objects was made and the data of the two scanners combined to form a whole 3D image of the altar (Fig. 3.1.18).

3.1.4       Conclusion

3D Laser scanning is safe because it employs eye-safe laser systems, because the principle of operation relies on the object selective illumination and laser reflection detection with no further interaction with the artwork and yet because, unlike photographic methods it’s completely environmentally safe.

3D Laser scanning is versatile, because can be used with many different materials, except for absolute transparent or reflective objects, in different environments, underwater inclusive, and for a large range of objects size, from archaeological sites, to very shallow and almost invisible inscriptions on stone.

3D Laser scanning can achieve accuracies of few micrometers, in objects of several meters size, allowing for the detection of very small features in the artwork surface and a very detailed documentation of the object.

However the high accuracy of the 3D Laser scanning technology has also associated inconvenient, consisting in the high data content of the image records, being time consuming and requiring high capacity and high speed computers for the image post processing operations.

3.1.5    Supporting Information  

3.1.5.1    Literature

Remondino, F., Guarnieri, A., Vettore, A.: 3D modelling of close-range objects: Photogrametry or laser scanning? Proc. of SPIE – 5665 (2005), 216-225.

Picard, A., El-Hakim, S., Godin, G., Valzano, V., Bandiera, A.: ''Combining 3D technologies for cultural heritage interpretation and entertainment'', Proc. of SPIE – 5665 (2005), 108-118.

Giunta, G., Di Paola, E., Castiglione, B. ''Innovative 3D information system for the restoration and the preventive maintenance plan of the Milan Cathedral'', Proc. of SPIE – 5239 (2004), 296-305.

Fontana, R., Gambino, M., Mazzotta, C., Greco, M., Pampaloni, E., Pezzati, L. ''High-resolution 3D survey of artworks'', Proc. of SPIE – 5457 (2004), 719-726.

Fontana, R., Gambino, M., Gianfrate, G., Greco, M., Pampaloni, E., Pezzati, L. ''A 3D scanning device for architectural survey based on time-of-flight technology'', Proc. of SPIE – 5457 (2004), 393-400.

Scopigno, R., Cignoni, P., Callieri, M., Ganovelli, F., Impoco, G., Pingi, P., Ponchio, F. ''Using optically scanned 3D data in the restoration of Michelangelo's David'', Proc. of SPIE – 5146 (2003), 44-53.

Ricci, R., Fantoni, R., Ferri De Collibus, M., Fornetti, G., Guarneri, M., Poggi, C. ''High resolution laser radar for 3D imaging in artwork cataloguing, reproduction and restoration'', Proc. of SPIE – 5146 (2003), 62-73.

Fontana, R., Gambino, M., Gianfrate, G., Greco, M., Marras, L., Materazzi, M., Pampaloni, E., Pezzati, L. ''Time of flight laser scanner for architectural and archaeological applications'', Proc. of SPIE – 5146 (2003), 185-193.

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3.1.5.2          Providers

3D Laser Mapping – Services: http://www.3dlasermapping.com

Archaeoptics – Services: http://www.archaeoptics.co.uk

Ciber F/X – Services: http://cyberfx.com/art_sculpt

I Site: http://www.isite3d.com

Inus Technology Inc – Software RapidForm 2001: http://www.rapidform.com

InnovMetric – Software Polyworks: http://www.innovmetric.com/

Laser Design – Equipment and Services & Engineering: http://www.laserdesign.com

Leica Geosystems – Equipment and Services: http://hds.leica-geosystems.com

Mensi – Equipment and Servicest: http://www.mensi.com

MetricVision – Equipment: http://www.metricvision.com

Metrologic Group – Software Metrolog: http://www.metrologic.fr/uk/

Nutfield Technologies – Equipment: http://www.nutfieldtech.com

Optech – Equipment: http://www.optech.ca/prodilris)

Polhemus – Equipment: http://www.polhemus.com/fastscan

Quanta Point – Services: http://www.quantapoint.com

Raindrop Geomagic – Software Geomagic Studio: http://www.geomagic.com

RSI – Equipment and Services: http://www.rsi.gmbh.de/hls_e.htm

ScanSite – Services: http://www.scansite.com/art

Shape Grabber– Equipment: http://www.shapegrabber.com

Trimble – Equipment: http://www.trimble.com/3dlaserscanners

Various: http://www.commerce-database.com/laser-scanners

Z+F UK Ltd – Software Light Form Modeller: http://www.zf-uk.com

3.1.5.3          Useful Websites

3D Scanning Software, an introduction: http://www.i3mainz.fh-mainz.de/publicat/korfu/p11_Boehler.pdf

Heritage 3D.org: http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/heritage3d/downloads/TLS%20formats%20V1.pdf

i 3 Mainz: http://www.scanning.fh-mainz.de

Laser Scanning and Modelling, Industrial and Architectural Applications:

http://www.commission5.isprs.org/wg4/workshop_ancona/proceedings/56.pdf

Leica Articles: http://hds.leica-geosystems.com/articles/articles.html

Terrestrial Laser Scanning- Applications in Cultural Heritage and Civil Eng.:

http://www.commission5.isprs.org/3darch05/pdf/19.pdf

The Effects of Reflecting surface Materials Properties on Time of Flight Laser Scanner measurements: http://www.isprs.org/commission4/proceedings/pdfpapers/180.pdf

Rock Art: Past and Present: http://www.dur.ac.uk/prehistoric.art

Stonehenge Laser Scan: http://www.stonehengelaserscan.org

The Digital Michelangelo Project: http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich

3.1.6          Contact Information

Margarida Pires

DOP

INETI

E. Paço do Lumiar 22

PT - 1649-038 Lisboa

Portugal

E: mpires@dop.ineti.pt

W: www.dop.ineti.pt

 

Claude Borg

Heritage Malta

Royal Naval H.

Bighi

Kalkara CSP 12

Malta

E: cborg@mcr.edu.mt

W: www.mcr.edu.mt