Combining geometric and photometric 3D reconstruction techniques for cultural heritage
• Advantage of photometric stereo for 3D digitization of heritage. • Comparison between photometric stereo and conventional 3D reconstruction methods used in archaeology. • Description of a new method combining different approaches in multiview and multi-lighting context. There are mainly two families of photographic 3D reconstruction techniques. Photogrammetry techniques work according to the principle of triangulation, from the matching of different views, while photometric techniques link the appearance of a 3D point to the orientation of its normal, relative to that of the incident light. While photogrammetry allows to find the global shape of a 3D scene, if it is sufficiently textured, photometric techniques highlight the details of the relief, as long as the model linking the lighting to the shape and reflectance of the scene is sufficiently realistic. In this work, we compare these different approaches with some others in the context of reconstructing archaeological features. After discussing their advantages and disadvantages, we describe a promising new method combining both families in a multi-view, multi-lighting context.
Authors
- Baptiste Brument (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5372-2215)
- Jean‐Denis Durou
- Carole Fritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2407-0594)
- Jean Mélou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7990-2290)
- Yvain Quéau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-7053)
- Benjamin Coupry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7436-6888)
- Antoine Laurent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3727-5644)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (FR)
- Université Toulouse-I-Capitole (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne (FR)
- Normandie Université (FR)
- Laboratoire d’Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (FR)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (FR)
- GREYC (FR)
- Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés (FR)
- Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (FR)
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (FR)
- École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications (FR)
- Université de Caen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cultural Heritage
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2025.02.013
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.04